What is the general process of an agent applying for a patent?

What is the general process of an agent applying for a patent? What stages are involved in the relevant process of patent agency application? I believe this is a question that many friends want to know, because if you apply for a patent yourself, you need to invest a lot of time and energy, and not everyone has time to apply for a related patent. At this time, you can choose a patent application agency to apply for a patent.

The relevant process of patent application for agency includes two stages: one is the stage of agency handling; Second, the patent entered the patent office stage.

First of all, the patent agency processing stage is divided into eight steps:

Step 1: Consultation: The applicant consults whether and what kind of patents can be applied for his invention.

Step 2: Search. Our agent searches for patents according to the applicant's inventions. This process is mainly to search whether there are the same or similar patent types before, and further determine whether the invention can apply for a patent.

Step 3: Sign the agency entrustment contract and confidentiality agreement, determine the patent that can be applied for after consulting and searching, and then formally sign the entrustment contract and confidentiality agreement with the applicant.

Step 5: Provide technical disclosure. The applicant provides our company with background information about inventions and creations, and introduces the contents of inventions and creations in detail to help patent agents fully understand the contents of inventions and creations.

Step 6: The agent writes the application documents, and the agent writes the patent application documents according to the invention provided by the applicant. After writing the application documents, conduct internal quality inspection. This process takes about 1-2 weeks.

Step 7: The applicant confirms that the agent will submit the written patent application document to the applicant for confirmation, and it can be submitted to China National Intellectual Property Administration if there is no mistake.

Step 8: Submit the application documents. Our company will submit the application documents confirmed by the applicant to China National Intellectual Property Administration, which can be submitted on the same day after the applicant confirms it.

The above is the agent patent application process. What is the general process? What stages are involved in the relevant process of patent agency application? For the introduction of the problem, if you want to know the relevant process of patent application in detail, please consult a professional intellectual property consultant.

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