Legal analysis: the patent application for utility model needs to wait for 6-8 months for examination by the patent office. After passing the examination, the Patent Office will issue a notice of granting a utility model patent and a notice of going through the registration formalities, and finally pay the annual patent fee and patent registration fee, and will issue a patent certificate in about 2 months. The application for design patent also needs to wait 1 week. It's just that the examination and authorization time of design patents is generally 4 months to 6 months.
Legal basis: Article 34 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). 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 within 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.