Application for patent for utility model and design
, only active modification is allowed within 2 months from the date of application; The application for a patent for invention is only allowed to actively modify the application documents within 3 months from the date of submitting the request for substantive examination and receiving the notice from the Patent Office that the application for a patent for invention has entered the substantive examination stage.
Document correction means that in the preliminary examination procedure of patent application, the applicant overcomes the format defects of patent application documents or other related documents by submitting corrected documents.
Corrections include corrections to application documents and other documents. The correction of application documents refers to overcoming the format defects of patent application documents by submitting corrected documents. The difference between the two is that if the defects of the application documents are not corrected according to law, the application will be regarded as withdrawn or rejected, and if other documents are not corrected according to law, the document will be regarded as not submitted, but it will not directly lead to the application being regarded as withdrawn or rejected.
The steps and key points of filling in the patent application supplement are as follows:
1. This form should be handwritten, printed or printed in black Chinese in duplicate.
2. The contents in column ① of this form shall be consistent with those in the patent request. Where the application has gone through the formalities for changing the description item, it shall be filled in according to the contents approved by the Patent Office.
3. The applicant in column ① of this form is the first applicant.
Four, the box in the second column of this form is for the person to choose, and should be marked in the box.
Five, the applicant for a patent for invention in the substantive examination request or in the Patent Office issued a notice to enter the substantive examination stage within three months, you can take the initiative to put forward amendments to the patent application. An applicant for a patent for utility model or design may, within two months from the date of filing, take the initiative to propose amendments to the patent application.
Six, an application for a patent for invention or utility model specification or the amendment of the claims, except for individual text modification or addition or deletion, shall be submitted in accordance with the prescribed format. Where an application for a patent for invention involves nucleotide or amino acid sequences, a paper replacement page and a CD or floppy disk consistent with the contents of the replacement page shall be submitted on its own initiative or at the request of the examiner. Where a picture or photograph of an application for a patent for design is modified, a replacement page shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions.
7. In the fifth column of this form, if a patent agency is entrusted, the patent agency shall affix its official seal. If a patent agency is not entrusted, if the applicant is an individual, it shall be signed or sealed by the applicant himself; If the applicant is a unit, the official seal of the unit shall be affixed; If there are multiple applicants, it shall be signed by the first applicant; if the representative is not the first applicant, it shall be signed by the representative specified in the request.