1. Sign the agreement.
In order to ensure the interests of both parties, especially the rights of inventors, both parties shall first sign the following agreement:
A. Sign a patent agency entrustment agreement (including the corresponding confidentiality agreement);
Fill in the power of attorney for patent agency.
2. Technical disclosure
The inventor provides technical disclosure, which may include the following contents, so that the agent can better understand the technical content and facilitate communication:
(1) A general description of the application fields and principles of products or methods that are widely used now;
(2) The technical scheme of the prior art related to the present invention can be the specification of the existing product or method, etc.
(3) According to the advantages of the present invention, the features of the prior art point out the corresponding disadvantages.
(4) Technical problems to be solved by the present invention.
(5) The complete technical scheme provided by the invention includes technical documents such as specifications, drawings and reports.
3. Document writing
After the 1 and 2 documents are prepared (including fees), the patent agent of the corresponding profession will write the patent application documents, and the agent will exchange technical contents with the inventor at any time during the writing process, so that the patent application documents can be completed in time and accurately.
Time: one application, writing patent application documents within ten working days, excluding the time for the inventor to supplement materials and review documents.
4. Patent application
Patents include three types: invention, utility model and design.
Invention patent: refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement.
Methodological inventions (such as the formulation and processing technology of chemical products such as food and medicine) include computer software patent applications and biological patent applications. ), you can only apply for invention patents, but for structural inventions, you can apply for invention patents and utility model patents at the same time. The advantages of invention patents are long protection period and good stability of rights (patent rights can only be granted after substantive examination);
The term of protection of invention patents is 20 years;
It usually takes about 3 years to grant a patent right;
Patent for utility model: refers to a new technical scheme suitable for practical use for the shape, structure or combination of products.
Usually, for products with structural characteristics, you can apply for a patent for utility model. The characteristics of utility model patent are low application cost and short authorization time, but short protection period and poor stability of rights (patent right is granted without substantive examination);
The protection period of the utility model patent is 10 year;
It generally takes about 12- 15 months to grant the patent right;
Design patent: refers to a new design based on the shape, pattern or combination of products and the combination of colors, shapes and patterns, which is aesthetic and suitable for industrial application.
Generally, product packaging (packaging bags, boxes, boxes, bottles, etc. ) and aesthetic modeling can apply for a patent for design.
The protection period of the design patent is 10 year;
It usually takes about 10- 12 months to grant the patent right.
The inventor shall submit the patent application documents within one working day after confirming the application documents, and the "patent acceptance notice" and "patent application number" can be obtained on the same day.
The invention patent will pass the preliminary examination in about 3 months, and will be made public within 18 months, and then the actual trial can begin. In general, the Notice of Authorization can be authorized within 2 to 3 years, and then the Patent Certificate can be obtained within 1-3 months;
If the application for a patent for invention is made public in advance, it will be made public after the preliminary examination, and then the actual trial can begin. Under normal circumstances, you can authorize to obtain the Notice of Authorization in about two years.
For utility model patents, the Notice of Authorization was obtained in about 10- 12 months, and then the Patent Certificate was obtained in 1-3 months;
It takes about 5-8 months to obtain the Notice of Authorization for the design patent, and then 1-3 months to obtain the Patent Certificate.
Cost;
1. Invention: National expenses include 900 application fees, 2,500 substantive examination fees, 50 printing fees and 3,800 agency fees;
2. Utility model: the application fee for national fees is 500 yuan, and the agency fee is 1800 yuan;
3. Appearance: the national fee application fee is 500 yuan, and the agency fee is 1000 yuan.
Note: If an individual applies, the application fee, substantive examination fee and annual fee for the first three years can be reduced to 15% of the original fee.
Patent applicants need to provide the following application materials:
1. Personal application: (1) Copy of personal ID card 1, and copy of my signature 1;
(2) Contact telephone number, detailed address and postal code;
2. Enterprise application: (1) Copy of business license in duplicate (stamped with red official seal);
(2) Legal person's name, telephone number, fax number and postal code;
(3) A copy of the patent power of attorney stamped with the company's red seal.
Remarks: 1. The legal protection of patent begins from the date of application, that is, it begins to be protected by law after receiving the notice of acceptance of patent application (on the acceptance letter).
The patent application number is the future patent number).
2. Our company can help customers get the notification of patent application acceptance on the day of application submission (other agencies usually get it in 7- 10 days).
3. When applying for a patent for invention or utility model, customers need to provide corresponding drawings in computer CAD format. If we need to draw CAD drawings on our behalf, we need to pay 200 yuan's drawing fee additionally.