China National Intellectual Property Administration 1:
Manage the national patent work (including foreign-related intellectual property affairs; There is no administrative law enforcement power to directly handle and mediate patent disputes; Has the function of guiding the formulation and implementation of local regulations and designating jurisdiction)
Accept and examine patent applications in a unified way and grant patent rights according to law (local intellectual property offices have no function of examining and granting patent rights)
2, the local patent management department settings:
People's governments at the provincial level (intellectual property offices of provinces and autonomous regions; Municipal Intellectual Property Office)
People's governments at or above the prefecture level (Intellectual Property Offices of the capitals of all provinces and autonomous regions; Intellectual property offices of cities under separate state planning; Prefecture (state) Intellectual Property Office; Intellectual property offices of municipalities directly under the Central Government; Intellectual Property Office of Xinjiang Construction Corps)
3, the functions of the local patent management department:
Processing functions: a, determine whether the infringement of patent rights is established. B. investigate and deal with patent counterfeiting.
Mediation function: a, the amount of patent infringement compensation; B, the right to apply for a patent and patent ownership disputes; (3) Disputes over the qualifications of inventors and designers; D. Remuneration and remuneration disputes between inventors and designers of service inventions; (5) Disputes over the use of an invention without paying an appropriate fee after the publication of an application for a patent for invention and before the grant of a patent right; F. Other patent disputes.
Second, patents.
Patent right, referred to as "patent" for short, is a kind of intellectual property right, which is the exclusive right to implement a specific invention and creation within a certain period of time. The nature of patent right is mainly reflected in three aspects: exclusivity, timeliness and regionality. Patents are the world's largest source of technical information, including 90% of the world's scientific and technological information.
The above is about which department to apply for a patent. Generally speaking, to apply for a patent is to apply in China National Intellectual Property Administration. If you have other patent problems, please consult Shangbiao Intellectual Property in time.