There are many patent notifications, dozens or hundreds of them. They are mainly notifications of patent-related procedures in response to problems that arise in various patent applications. Among these notices, one has a time limit and requires the applicant to provide corresponding feedback within the time limit; the other has no time limit and mainly informs the applicant of certain process information.
In the patent application process, the more important notices are as follows:
Acceptance notice: After the patent application is submitted, the State Intellectual Property Office receives the patent application documents, and the documents comply with If required, a patent acceptance notice will be issued.
Fees reduction approval notice or payment notice: These two notices may be issued at the same time as the patent acceptance notice. If you apply for fee reduction when submitting the patent and the fee reduction is approved, they will be issued. Fee reduction approval notice; otherwise, a payment notice will be issued. These two notices inform the applicant that the patent application fee needs to be paid within the specified time. Only after the patent application fee is paid, the patent can enter the review process. Of course, after applying for a patent, you may also receive these two notices when you need to pay relevant fees or when the application fees are reduced.
Notice of Grant of Patent Rights and Notice of Registration Procedures: If the patent is approved, the State Intellectual Property Office will issue a notice of grant of patent rights and a notification of registration procedures. The registration notice will contain the registration fee and time limit. The applicant must pay the registration fee within the time limit specified in the notice to obtain a patent certificate.
Notice of correction and approval of examination opinion: These two notices require the applicant to respond. Under normal circumstances, if there are formal defects that are easily overcome, a notice of correction will be issued; if there are substantive defects that require the applicant to state reasons, a notice of examination opinion will be issued.
In addition, there are also notices of termination of patent rights, notices of deemed withdrawal, notices of deemed abandonment of patent rights, rejection decisions, notices of passing procedures, etc.