2. Submit the application documents, get the notification of acceptance from the Patent Office, determine the application date, and submit an early public statement and request substantive examination on the day of submission, which can speed up the examination process;
3. The Patent Office will formally review the patent application documents for about 2-3 months, and enter the public preparation stage after the first trial is passed;
4. It takes about 6-8 months for the Patent Office to publish the invention application documents;
5. The time for the Patent Office to substantially examine the invention patent documents is about one and a half to two years, during which the examiner communicates with the applicant on the substantive content of the invention, namely novelty, creativity and practicality (entrusting the agency to communicate with the agency to determine the appropriate scope of protection of the invention), and this communication can be repeated many times until it is revised to the satisfaction of the examiner;
6. Letter of authorization issued by the Patent Office;
7. The applicant shall go through the formalities for obtaining the patent certificate;
8. The whole process of obtaining a patent certificate after about 2-3 months lasts about 2.5 to 3 years, and the specific time depends on the examination speed of the examiner and the informative degree of the applicant's public materials.
How to apply for individual patent for small inventions
1. What are the examination procedures for invention patents?
1. After substantive examination of the application for a patent for invention, if the examiner thinks that the application does not conform to the relevant provisions of the Patent Law and its detailed rules for implementation, he shall notify the applicant and ask him to state his opinions or modify his application within a specified time limit; Notice issued by the examiner (notice of examination opinions, notice of division or notice of submission of information, etc.). ) and the applicant's reply may be repeated many times until the application is granted a patent right, rejected, withdrawn or deemed withdrawn;
2. The examiner shall issue a notice of granting the invention patent right to an application for a patent for which no reason for rejection has been found after substantive examination, or the original defect has been eliminated after the applicant's statement or modification;
3, the patent application after the applicant's statement or modification, there are still defects in the notice, which belongs to the circumstances listed in Article 53 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law, the examiner shall reject it;
4. If the applicant fails to reply to the notice of examination opinions, the notice of division or the notice of submission of materials within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the examiner shall issue an application and regard it as a withdrawal notice.
In addition, according to the requirements, the examiner can also use auxiliary means such as meeting, telephone discussion and on-site investigation in the substantive examination procedure in accordance with the provisions of this Guide.
Second, how much does it usually cost to apply for an invention patent?
1. Official fee for patent application:
(1) utility model: application fee: 500 yuan. Patent registration and stamp duty: 205 yuan in total. Annual fee: 600 yuan 1-3 years, 900 yuan, 4-5 years, 6-8 years 1200 yuan, 9- 10 years, 2000 yuan.
(2) Invention patent: application fee: 900 yuan, printing fee: 50 yuan, patent registration, printing and printing fee: 205 yuan in total, and substantive examination fee: 2,500 yuan. Annual fee: 900 yuan 1-3 years, 4-6 years 1200 yuan, 2000 yuan for 7-9 years, 4000 yuan for10/2 years, 13- 15 years.
(3) Comparison between appearance patent and utility model.
2. If it is an individual application, the application fee and the annual fee for the first three years will be reduced by 85%; The company applied for a 75% slowdown.
3. If it is an entrusted agent, you need to pay the agency fee.