1. If the patent has not been entrusted to an agency, the patentee can directly submit a search request to the Patent Office. The "Request for Utility Model Patent Search Report" should be signed by all patentees.
2. If the patent is entrusted with an agency, there are three situations:
(1) If the patent is entrusted with an agency throughout the process, the search report request should be made by proposed by the patent agency. The "Request for Utility Model Patent Search Report" must be stamped by the agency. The patentee may not directly submit a search request to the Patent Office.
(2) If the patentee entrusts another agency to only handle search matters on his behalf, he should also submit a power of attorney to handle search matters on his behalf. The "Request for Utility Model Patent Search Report" must include: The agency stamps it.
(3) If the patentee really wants to directly submit a search request to the Patent Office, he should go through the agency change procedures in advance or at the same time, and terminate the entrustment relationship with the original agency. "Utility Model Patents" The "Request for Search Report" should be signed and stamped by all patentees.