1, consult the patent agency
A qualified patent agency must have a lot of professional skills and knowledge, and it is a piece of cake to inquire about the progress and status of a patent. Moreover, it is not difficult to act as an agent, and the cost is lower. If the inventor has his own agency to entrust the application, he can know the status of the patent application well by consulting them at this time.
2. official website inquired by himself.
Official website's input information can be his own name, the name of the patent, the main keywords related to the invention, and the accepted patent number. The inventor can know the progress and process of his patent application. For example, whether it is in the state of acceptance, review or release. After knowing the status of patent application, the inventor can carry out the next work related to patent according to this information.
3. Go directly to the patent acceptance window to consult the staff in the acceptance hall.
Inventors can go directly to the application hall of Beijing Patent Office and tell each other their names or patents, or they can get a good and complete answer through mutual consultation. This is naturally very beneficial to local inventors living in Beijing. But if you are an inventor living in other areas, this is difficult to achieve. Because it is estimated that it will take a long time just to run back and forth.
Application process of invention patent
1. application: the applicant submits a written application to the patent administration department of the State Council.
2. Preliminary examination: After receiving an application for a patent for invention, the patent administrative department of the State Council, after preliminary examination, finds that it conforms to the provisions of the Patent Law, and immediately announces it after 18 months from the date of application. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish its application at an early date upon the request of the applicant.
3. Actual examination: within three years from the date of application, the patent administration department of the State Council may conduct substantive examination of the application according to the request made by the applicant at any time; If the applicant fails to request substantive examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. The patent administrative department of the State Council may, when it deems it necessary, examine the application for a patent for invention on its own.
4. Authorization: If the application for a patent for invention is not found to be rejected after substantive examination, the patent administration department of the State Council shall make a decision to grant the patent right for invention, issue a patent certificate for invention, and register and announce it at the same time. The invention patent right shall take effect as of the date of announcement.