What are the situations of patent confidentiality review? First of all, what is a confidential patent? A so-called confidential patent is an invention or creation involving national security or major interests. It is necessary to apply for a confidential patent in accordance with relevant regulations. It is necessary to apply for confidential patents in accordance with relevant regulations. Generally speaking, inventions and creations involving national security mainly refer to inventions and creations that are exclusively used for national defense or have serious value to national defense; and inventions and creations that serve other important interests other than national security. So why should it be kept confidential? The reasons are as follows: What are the situations of patent confidentiality review? Once an invention patent application is made public and announced, it will directly affect the country’s defense capabilities and even affect the country’s politics and economy, causing some adverse effects. Therefore, when applying for such a patent, there needs to be a confidential channel, and the state stipulates the patent secret review method; generally speaking, the patents that apply for secret review are only utility model patents and invention patents, and there are no design patents. Any unit or individual that applies for a patent in a foreign country for an invention or utility model completed in China must report it to the patent administration department of the State Council in advance for confidentiality review. The procedures and deadlines for confidentiality review shall be implemented in accordance with the regulations of the State Council. Chinese entities or individuals may file international applications for patents in accordance with relevant international treaties to which the People's Republic of China is a party. When an applicant files an international application for a patent, he or she shall comply with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Therefore, it can be understood from the above that the process of applying for a foreign confidential patent review requires a national secret review. Regarding the patent application PCT method or the Paris Treaty method, you still have to go through the government’s secret process in advance. When the patented technology meets the foreign-related patent You can apply according to the type of application. After passing the patent review, submit it to the designated country, or apply in multiple countries via pct