2. For an application document for a patent for invention that has been published but has not been announced for granting a patent right, anyone can copy the relevant contents in the application document as of the publication date, including: the application document, the procedures directly related to the application, the publication document, the notice and decision issued to the applicant in the preliminary examination procedure, and the text of the applicant's reply to the notice;
3. For the patent application documents that have been announced to be granted the patent right, the contents that can be copied include: the application documents, the procedural documents directly related to the application, the publication documents of the application for a patent for invention, the authorization announcement documents, and the texts of the notices and decisions issued by the Patent Office and the Patent Reexamination Board to the applicant or interested parties in all the completed review procedures (including preliminary examination, substantive examination, reexamination and invalidation, etc.). ), and the reply of the applicant or interested party to the notice. Documents in the review and invalidation procedures are limited to the parties to the case before the case is closed; The conclusion of the case is that it is regarded as an invalid case file that has not been submitted, inadmissible, voluntarily withdrawn and withdrawn, and the documents in the invalid procedure are limited to the parties to the case;
4. For the patent application documents that have not been closed in the reexamination procedure or the invalidation procedure, and need to be inquired and copied due to special circumstances, with the consent of the relevant parties, the contents of the patent application documents before entering the current examination procedure shall be copied with reference to the relevant provisions of the above-mentioned items 1 and 2;
5, in addition to the above content, other documents shall not be copied;
6. Copying documents needs to pay corresponding fees (the fee standard is attached) and submit corresponding documents according to the situation:
(1) Copy the document. In this case, the applicant must submit the Patent Document Inquiry and Copy Request signed or sealed by the applicant and a copy of the applicant's ID card. If entrusting others, the certificate of entrustment relationship, the identity certificate of the agent and the identity certificate of the applicant shall be submitted.
(2) When a patent agency copies a document, it needs to submit the Patent Document Inquiry and Copy Request signed by the agency;
(3) When copying documents, other requesters need to submit the Request for Inquiry and Copy of Patent Documents signed or sealed by the requester and a copy of the requester's ID card.
All of the above are subject to corresponding fees.
note:
Copy more than 20 pages, each page will be charged 1 yuan;
Ordinary: 10 working days from the date of receiving the "request" and related expenses (whichever is later).
Inspection: 5 working days from the date of receiving the "request" and related expenses (whichever is later).