1. Time required to apply for an appearance patent: six months to eight months.
For the design of new ideas such as product introduction, pattern and color style, the inventor may apply for a patent for appearance design according to law. At this time, the inventor needs to fill in an application for a patent for design and submit it to China National Intellectual Property Administration to briefly explain the design of the invention. At the same time, you need to prepare six corresponding views about the appearance of the design product. After submitting the application, you can generally get the patent acceptance notice within seven working days. It took about half a year to get the notice of granting the design patent right and the notice of handling the registration formalities. At this time, the inventor needs to pay the patent registration fee, the annual patent fee, stamp duty and so on. According to the regulations, and obtained the patent certificate of design two months later. However, if the audit workload of the intellectual property department was heavy, or the materials submitted by the inventors were not uniform, and the information was incorrectly filled in, etc. This time may be delayed, or it may exceed eight months or even a year.
2. Time required to apply for utility model patent: 10 months-12 months.
To apply for authorization of this patent, the inventor needs to prepare a written patent request, patent claim, technical content specification, patent application, etc. And submit it to China National Intellectual Property Administration. After that, it will enter the process of patent preliminary examination, patent authorization and certification. Get the patent acceptance notice in about seven working days; Within six to eight months after receiving the notice of granting the patent right for utility model and the notice of handling the registration formalities. Patent certificates are generally obtained two months after paying the relevant fees.
3. Time required to apply for an invention patent: two to three years.
Among all patent applications, the application for invention patent is far higher than the other two in terms of process, required information, examination time and steps, and strictness. Only after preliminary examination, but also after publication and substantive examination, the patent application that meets the standards will be authorized and issued a certificate. There is no clear legal limit on the time of authorization. It can even last for about 5 years, but the effective protection time is 20 years after the application for invention patent is completed.
The above are different patent applications. How long is it? Related content of. The above patent application and the required time are limited to individuals or enterprises in Chinese mainland. Individuals or enterprises with financial difficulties can also apply for patent fee reduction and exemption. For more questions about patent application, please consult the staff of Intellectual Property official website!
Application time of appearance patent