After completing the registration procedures, a patent application cannot apply for a postponement of the announcement.
The review process of a patent application is an extremely complex legal work with a very strong process. Taking invention patents as an example, generally a patent application goes through the following processes from submission to authorization. Main process:
1. Submit the application documents and pay the application fee after being accepted to enter the preliminary review stage.
2. If the application passes the preliminary review, it will be announced 18 months after submission (if the applicant requests early publication when applying, the application will be announced immediately after passing the preliminary review).
3. The application can enter the substantive examination stage only if the applicant files a request for substantive examination and pays the substantive examination fee within three years after submitting the application.
4. If the applicant passes the substantive examination, it will be included in the registration procedure stage. At this time, the Patent Office will issue a registration procedure notice, requiring the applicant to complete the registration procedures within the specified period and pay the check-in fee. .
5. After the Patent Office receives the check-in fee from the applicant, the patent application will enter the process of typesetting and printing of legal documents such as publication documents, certificates, and patent registers.
Since the Patent Office receives the registration fee paid by the applicant, legal documents such as certificates, announcement documents, and patent registers all enter the delivery and printing stage. In theory, it is possible to complete the announcement release at any time. , therefore no further application can be made to suspend the announcement at this time.