Legal subjectivity:
The process for an individual to apply for a patent at the Intellectual Property Office is: 1. The patent owner submits the application materials in person or by entrusting someone in the store; 2. The Patent Administration Department of the State Council receives After the application is submitted, a preliminary review will be conducted for eighteen months. If the application meets the application requirements, it will be announced immediately; 3. Finally, within three years from the application date, if the invention patent application passes the substantive examination, a patent right certificate will be issued. Legal objectivity:
Article 26 of the Patent Law, which will take effect on June 1, 2021, When applying for an invention or utility model patent, a request, description, abstract, claims and other documents must be submitted . Article 34 After receiving an invention patent application, the patent administration department of the State Council shall, upon preliminary examination, deem it to be in compliance with the requirements of this Law. It shall be published immediately after eighteen months from the date of application. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish the application as early as possible upon the applicant's request. Article 35 Within three years from the date of application for an invention patent, the patent administration department of the State Council may conduct a substantive examination of the application based on the request made by the applicant at any time; if the applicant fails to request a substantive examination beyond the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed invalid. considered withdrawn. Article 39: If no reason for rejection of an invention patent application is found after substantive examination, the patent administration department of the State Council shall make a decision to grant the invention patent right, issue an invention patent certificate, and register and announce the application at the same time. The invention patent right shall take effect from the date of announcement.