Case status in patent application: what does it mean to submit the case for quality inspection?

When selecting a case for quality inspection, it shows that the examiner already thinks that the applied case can be authorized, waiting for the sampling inspection by the quality inspection department, and the probability of authorization is very high. If the quality inspection department can't find any problems, it will usually come over. If there is any problem in the inspection, it will be returned to the examiner for a new application or the application will be declared not to be approved.

Patent application: An invention-creation can only be patented after the applicant files a patent application in China National Intellectual Property Administration and is examined and approved by China National Intellectual Property Administration in accordance with legal procedures. In China, there are currently three types of inventions, namely, inventions, utility models and designs.

In the application stage, they are called application for invention patent, application for utility model patent and application for design patent respectively. After being authorized, they are called invention patent, utility model patent and design patent respectively. At this point, the applicant is the patentee of the corresponding patent.