Legal analysis: 1, the first is consultation. Determine whether the invention is patentable and what kind of patents can be applied for (patent types include invention, utility model and design). 2. Sign an agency agreement. This agreement is mainly to clarify the rights and obligations between the applicant and the patent agency, that is, to restrain the patent agent from keeping the applicant's invention confidential. 3, and then technical disclosure. The applicant provides the patent agent with background information about the invention or creation or entrusted retrieval and other related contents. 4. Ensure that the agent applying for the scheme judges the prospect of the patent application according to his own understanding of invention and creation: (1) If the possibility of patent authorization is not great, the applicant will be advised to withdraw the application. (2) The patent authorization has a bright future, and the patent agent will put forward a clear application plan, scope and content of protection, and begin to prepare a formal application after the applicant agrees. 5. Prepare specific documents for the application. The Chinese Patent Office examines the patent application documents, and the patent agent makes patent corrections, replies and changes during the examination process. China Patent Office will authorize or reject the examination conclusion according to the examination situation. 6. Go through the patent registration formalities. If the patent application is successfully authorized, you need to go through the registration formalities and get a patent certificate in accordance with the requirements of the patent authorization notice.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law.
Article 26 Where an applicant applies for a patent for invention or utility model, he shall submit the written request, specification and its abstract, patent right and other documents.
Article 34 After receiving an application for a patent for invention, the administrative department for patent in the State Council, after preliminary examination, finds that it conforms to the provisions of this Law, and shall publish it after 18 months from the date of filing. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish its application at an early date upon the request of the applicant.
Article 39 If the application for a patent for invention is not found to be rejected after substantive examination, the administrative department for patent in the State Council shall make a decision to grant a patent right for invention, issue a patent certificate for invention, and register and announce it at the same time. The invention patent right shall take effect as of the date of announcement.