Legal analysis: Invention patents generally cannot be authorized for one year. Invention patents take a long time to be authorized, usually three to five years, but because they need to go through the substantive examination process, the patent rights after patent authorization are very stable; utility model patents and design patents do not need to go through the substantive examination process, and are authorized faster. Utility models can generally be authorized within six months to twelve months from the date of application, and designs can generally be authorized within six months from the date of application.
Legal basis: "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 34 After the patent administration department of the State Council receives an application for an invention patent, if it is determined upon preliminary examination that it meets the requirements of this law, the patent application shall be valid from the date of application. It will be announced immediately after eighteen months. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish the application as early as possible upon the applicant's request.