What should I pay attention to in patent application? What are the steps?

Patent application has the following procedures: for invention patents, the procedures include application, acceptance, preliminary examination, actual examination and authorization; for designs or utility models, the procedures include application, acceptance, preliminary examination and authorization. Precautions:

1, the applicant should be qualified;

2, the application materials must be complete and in accordance with the law;

The applicant belongs to the category of patent application and does not violate the law.

legal ground

Article 34 of the Patent Law shall come into force on June 1 20265438.

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 immediately after 18 months from the date of application. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish its application at an early date upon the request of the applicant.

Article 35

Within three years from the date of filing, the patent administration department of the State Council may conduct substantive examination according to the request made by the applicant at any time; If the applicant fails to request substantive examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

Article 39

If the application for a patent for invention is rejected after substantive examination, the administrative department for patent in the State Council shall make a decision to grant the 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.