According to Article 57 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law, any unit or individual may consult or copy the patent evaluation report made by China National Intellectual Property Administration. Consulting and copying the files in the patent application documents shall be carried out in the following order:
(1) The requester submits a written request and pays the prescribed fee.
(2) After examining the relevant certificates or vouchers issued by the applicant, the staff of the Patent Office shall go to the department where the archives are located to extract files, sort out and take out files that are not allowed to be consulted or copied.
(3) Appoint a consultation time with the applicant and issue a consultation notice.
(4) The inspector shall refer to the documents at the designated place with the inspection notice and copy the documents to be copied.
(5) The staff of the Patent Office rearranges the files of the patent application that have been consulted, stores the original and the proof copy of the request to read the files in the files, and returns the files to their subordinate departments.