What are the procedures for applying for a patent for an individual invention? What exactly are there?
1, the applicant provides original technical data and personal (unit) information;
2. Entrust a patent agency, sign an agency agreement, and write patent application documents that meet the requirements of the Patent Law; If necessary, you can retrieve it first.
3. Submit the patent application documents to the State Patent Office, obtain the patent application number, and pay the patent application fee as required;
4. After preliminary examination, the application for a patent for this invention will be published in the patent bulletin and website 18 months after the date of application; According to the requirements of the applicant, it may also be required to publish it in advance at any time within 15 months from the date of application;
5. Enter the stage of substantive examination (substantive examination): the applicant may file an application for substantive examination with the Patent Office at any time within 3 years from the date of application or after the patent application is made public, and must pay the patent substantive examination fee in accordance with the regulations;
6. After substantive examination, the patent conforms to the practicality, novelty and creativity of the invention, and the patent right is granted, and the patent application maintenance fee, annual fee, printing fee and certificate fee are paid in accordance with the regulations to obtain the invention patent certificate; Authorized invention patents will be published.
7. Where a patent for invention claims the priority of an earlier application, the relevant materials of the earlier application shall be provided.
To obtain the patent right, the applicant should apply to China National Intellectual Property Administration, get approval from China National Intellectual Property Administration and issue a certificate. When submitting a patent application to the State Patent Office, the applicant should also submit a series of application documents and pay the corresponding official fees. The application documents submitted include the request, abstract, claim, specification, attached drawings of the specification, etc.
Generally speaking, the application for a patent for invention, like the other two types of patent applications, is handled in accordance with the established examination procedures. However, in some special industries or technologies, the application for a patent for invention can be given priority. Since the promulgation of the Administrative Measures for Priority Examination of Invention Patents on August 1 2065438, many applications for invention patents have been given priority examination.
The above is the content of the personal invention patent application procedure compiled by Intellectual Property for you. Therefore, the application procedure is to submit a patent application, China National Intellectual Property Administration issues a notice of acceptance, and China National Intellectual Property Administration conducts preliminary examination, publication, substantive examination and authorization. Consult the local patent office for official fees. If you have any other questions, you can consult Intellectual Property for a detailed understanding.