What does it mean that the legal status of invention patents should be announced?

To be announced, it means that it has been authorized and is waiting for the announcement of authorization.

The printing fee for one year after the patent is paid is the state to be announced, because the formal authorization of the patent means that there is an authorization announcement, and the authorization announcement is the real authorization. To be announced and authorized soon, his next state is to safeguard the patent right.

According to the provisions of China's patent law, there are three kinds of inventions that can be protected by patents: inventions, utility models and designs, of which invention patents are the most important.

According to the requirements of the Patent Law, the technical contents that meet the authorized objects of the Patent Law are written into the specified file format, and submitted to the Patent Office after meeting the specified language description rules. If the Patent Office does not find any defects that do not conform to the relevant patent laws and regulations, it will grant the patent right to the request.

The specific process can be found on the relevant website of the Patent Office.

Of course, as far as the current overall patent quality is concerned, there are often differences between the actual protection scope of the patent right and the protection scope expected by the patentee, and sometimes the review will be very different. Therefore, if you want effective patent protection, you still need to entrust a regular patent agent with considerable patent business processing level to handle patent business on your behalf.

For information about formal patent agency, please refer to the relevant website of the Patent Office.