If the conditions for applying for a US patent are met, the US patent agent will further negotiate with the applicant;
The patent applicant and the American patent agent signed an American patent agency application agreement;
American patent agents write application documents that meet the requirements of American patent law;
The patent applicant examines and signs the contents of the application documents;
Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office;
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the U.S. patent right and issued the U.S. patent certificate.
If the US Patent and Trademark Office questions the patent application, the US agent will reply until it meets the requirements of the US patent application and obtains the US patent certificate.
Application * (application);
*(Declaration *, the inventor must be sworn as the real inventor in the affidavit, stating that he has read and understood the contents of the manual, and will disclose any technical data related to the patentability application to the Patent Office;
Specification *(Specification), including the content, scope of rights and abstract of the specification;
Drawings, unnecessary;
Power of attorney;
Transfer, when the applicant is a company, the inventor needs to transfer the patent application right to the company, that is, sign the transfer letter;
A statement that small entities, individuals, enterprises and non-profit units with less than 500 employees belong to small entities.
Consultation;
Search;
Technical disclosure of inventions and utility models;
After confirming that you can apply for a patent, sign the Patent Agency Power of Attorney and the Patent Application Agency Entrustment Contract.
Requirements for technical disclosure: all the technical contents of the invention or utility model, the beneficial effects that can be achieved, the shortcomings of the previous technology, the detailed internal structure and function, the principles adopted, etc. The explanation shall be clear and complete, and design drawings shall be provided when necessary, so that the personnel engaged in this field can understand and implement it.
Documents to submit the application:
Inventions and utility models: request, specification and its abstract, patent claim; Inventions can have drawings as required, and utility models must have drawings; An application for invention involving new biomaterials shall submit a preservation certificate and a survival certificate; Where nucleic acid or amino acid sequence is involved, the machine-readable text of the sequence table shall be submitted;
Substantive examination of invention patent;
The substantive examination must be carried out after the invention is published. According to the law, the publication is carried out within 18 months from the date of filing. Some applicants are willing to disclose their inventions in advance, so there will be patent applications published within 6- 10 months. Usually, the examiner in the actual trial stage will send at least one notice of examination opinions to the applicant or his agent, and the examination opinions can reflect the possibility of the invention being authorized and the existing defects. Review opinions generally include format errors, novelty problems, creativity problems, full openness problems, oneness problems and so on. The time for examination of patent substance is uncertain, generally 6- 18 months, which depends on the content of the invention, the examiner's understanding of the invention, the examiner's work arrangement and the time for documents to travel back and forth between the examiner and the applicant or his agent.