(1) Where an applicant applies for a patent in the form of an electronic document, he shall go through the registration formalities of the electronic applicant in advance and submit the application documents and other documents to the Patent Office through the electronic patent application system of the Patent Office.
(2) Where the applicant applies for a patent in written form, the application documents and other documents can be submitted to the reception window of the Patent Office or mailed to the reception office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the reception office of the Patent Office), or submitted to the reception window of the local patent office agency or mailed to the agency of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office.
At present, the Patent Office has set up representative offices in Beijing, Shenyang, Jinan, Changsha, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi 'an, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Harbin, Changchun, Kunming, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Nanning, Urumqi, Nanchang, Yinchuan, Hefei, Suzhou, Haikou, Lanzhou and Taiyuan. Information about the patent office agency can be found in zldbc/.
The national defense intellectual property office specializes in accepting national defense patent applications.