How do individuals apply for patents? What are the steps?

In recent years, in order to encourage innovation and creation, the state has begun to vigorously support the intellectual property industry, creating a good environment for innovation and entrepreneurship for the whole society, and various preferential policies for intellectual property rights have been introduced one after another. Due to the vigorous implementation of the national innovation policy, many enterprises and individuals have joined the tide of innovation. In order to prevent the innovation from being stolen, applying for a patent is the only way. So how do individuals apply for patents?

Invention patents are subject to preliminary examination and substantive examination, and utility models and designs are authorized to be announced only after preliminary examination.

1. A patent for invention shall submit a request, specification, abstract of specification and claims, and the specification shall be accompanied by drawings when necessary.

2. The patent for utility model shall submit the request, the patent claim, the specification, the appended drawings of the specification, the abstract of the specification and the appended drawings of the abstract.

3. A patent for design shall submit a request, a design picture or a photograph.

The patent for utility model and design takes about 8- 12 months. After the formal examination and approval, the authorization notice will be issued and the license will be obtained. After paying the license fee, you can get the patent certificate in about 2-3 months. The specific time depends on the speed of the examiner's examination, the degree of detail of the applicant's public information and the provision of drawings.

How do individuals apply for patents? Applicants should make full preparations before applying.

(1) Learn about relevant laws and regulations in detail and be familiar with all application processes.

(2) Understand the existing level in the technical field, search domestic and foreign patents, and analyze the feasibility of your invention.

(3) do a good job of confidentiality.

The harm of not applying for a patent as soon as possible is great, which means that the inventor's patent is easily leaked and stolen by others. If you feel that the patent application process is too complicated, you can apply through a third-party patent agency, which is comprehensive, simple and fast.

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