What does patent acceptance mean?

"Patent acceptance means: People engaged in patent work will refer to my country's patent application acceptance notice as "acceptance". When the applicant submits the complete set of application documents electronically or on paper After submission to the State Intellectual Property Office, if the acceptance office of the State Intellectual Property Office determines that the complete set of application materials meets the acceptance conditions, a patent application acceptance notice and a supporting fee reduction approval notice or application fee payment notice will be issued.

The patent application acceptance notice is a document proving that the State Intellectual Property Office has officially accepted the patent application submitted by the applicant. It records the application number, application date, applicant, name of the invention and creation, and a list of documents confirmed to have been received by the State Intellectual Property Office. and other important information. "

Legal Basis

Article 2 of the "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" refers to the shape, pattern or combination of the product and its design. The combination of color, shape, and pattern creates a new design that is both aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial applications. It can be seen that a design patent should meet the following requirements: (1) It refers to the design of shape, pattern, color or their combination; (2) It must be a design for the appearance of the product; (3) It must be aesthetically pleasing; (4) It must be It is suitable for industrial applications.