After the patent application is submitted, in the process of preliminary examination of the patent application for invention, utility model and design and substantive examination of the patent application for invention, the examiner will issue a notice of examination opinions because the patent application documents do not conform to the relevant provisions of the Patent Law or the detailed rules for the implementation of the Patent Law.
The applicant shall make comments on the defects or problems pointed out by the examiner, or make corresponding amendments to the application documents.