1. What are the requirements for applying for an invention patent?
According to the provisions of China's patent law, as long as the content of the invention created by the inventor conforms to the relevant provisions and no one applies for a patent for the invention, he can apply for a patent right. However, whether the application can be passed still needs to be inspected to determine. And the patentee needs to pay an annual fee to make the patent right in a valid state.
Second, how to apply for a patent?
To apply for a patent, the patent application documents shall be submitted to China National Intellectual Property Administration or a patent agency, and the corresponding fees shall be paid. The patentee or the licensee who has the right to mark with the consent of the patentee may mark the patent mark and patent number on his patented product, the product directly obtained according to the patented method or the packaging of the product. At the same time, inventions and utility models granted patent rights should be novel, creative and practical.
Third, the application process of invention patent
1. It usually takes 20 days to one month to provide the disclosure letter and entrust an agency to write the application documents (this step can be omitted if there is no entrusted agency);
2. Submit the application documents, get the notification of acceptance from the Patent Office, determine the application date, and submit an early public statement and request substantive examination on the day of submission, which can speed up the examination process;
3. The Patent Office will formally review the patent application documents for about 2-3 months, and enter the public preparation stage after the first trial is passed;
4. It takes about 6-8 months for the Patent Office to publish the invention application documents;
5. The time for the Patent Office to substantially examine the invention patent documents is about one and a half to two years, during which the examiner communicates with the applicant on the substantive content of the invention, namely novelty, creativity and practicality (entrusting the agency to communicate with the agency to determine the appropriate scope of protection of the invention), and this communication can be repeated many times until it is revised to the satisfaction of the examiner;
6. Letter of authorization issued by the Patent Office;
7. The applicant shall go through the formalities for obtaining the patent certificate;
8. The whole process of obtaining a patent certificate after about 2-3 months lasts about 2.5 to 3 years, and the specific time depends on the examination speed of the examiner and the informative degree of the applicant's public materials.
The above is the relevant content of "What are the application conditions for individual invention patents" compiled by everyone. From the above, we can know that the invention patent must have technical content, otherwise it may not be registered. If you encounter other problems, please go to the intellectual property platform and consult professional intellectual property.
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