It is mentioned in the patent law of our country that the ideas or ideas put forward can be implemented in reality by skilled technicians in the corresponding fields and can be realized through certain channels. In this case, ideas and ideas can be patented.
In the patent acceptance stage, the patent office will examine the patent application after receiving it. If the conditions for acceptance are met, the Patent Office shall determine the date of application, give the application number, and after verifying the list of documents, issue an acceptance notice to inform the applicant.
If you apply for an invention, it usually takes about three years, because the preliminary examination takes 18 months and the substantive examination takes three years; If you apply for a patent for design or utility model, it usually takes 18 months, because it only takes 18 months for preliminary examination.
Matters needing attention in patent application
1, patent documents should be searched to judge whether the invention meets the basic conditions of the three characteristics of the patent. At this time, the judgment of the three characteristics of patent is only preliminary. The purpose of retrieval is to minimize the blindness of patent application, increase the certainty of patent authorization and the legal stability after authorization, and another purpose is to easily find the existing comparative technology, so as to write the patent claim and determine the protection scope of patent right more accurately.
2. It is necessary to further analyze the technical and economic development trend of competitors and their patent strategies, and check whether the application conforms to our product, technical and economic development strategy and patent strategy.
3. Do a good job in keeping relevant technical secrets and entrust a professional patent agency to act as an agent.
Pay attention to the time of patent application to prevent others from getting there first.