Individuals can apply for patents themselves or entrust a tripartite intermediary company to apply, but special individuals must entrust an agency to apply. Special individuals include foreigners who have no fixed residence or business premises in China, China people who live or work abroad for a long time, and compatriots from Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan Province. If China people want to apply for invention patents abroad for inventions and creations at home, they must first apply to the national patent administration department, which can only handle them after examination and approval, and cannot apply for them themselves. There are two ways to apply for individual patent: one is to apply by mail; Second, you can apply by mail. If you want to mail the application, you need to go to official website to download the patent application document template, fill it out, print it out and send it to the corresponding address. The mailing address and relevant legal knowledge can be viewed through official website. After receiving the application documents, the National Bureau will make a decision on the application and mail the results to the applicant.
There are three kinds of personal patent applications, the first is invention patent, the second is utility model patent, and the third is design patent. Before applying for a patent, the applicant must determine his major, so the applicant must confirm his type. The applicant should choose the protection period according to his own situation. The invention patent is 20 years, the utility model patent and the design patent are 10 years, and the date is counted from the application date. The application process of different types of patents is also different, and the application for a patent for invention needs to provide a request, a specification, a patent claim and drawings of the specification; To apply for a patent for utility model, it is necessary to submit a request, a specification, a patent claim, drawings of the specification and a summary of the specification; To apply for a design patent, you need to submit a request, a design picture or photograph and a brief description of the design. ?