Our company is a software company. My boss asked me to apply for a patent. Can anyone give me some advice? I have never done this before.

Patent Application Guide

1. Under what circumstances is a patent required?

Want independent technology to be protected.

I want to prevent new products independently developed from being used by others.

Technological innovation and new product development need to be stimulated.

It is necessary to apply for high-tech enterprises, private technology enterprises or enterprise listings.

Want to expand production scale and license production to others.

Want to occupy the commanding heights of vertical production division of labor.

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2. Information required for patent application

1. Provide the name of the applicant and inventor, applicant’s identity certificate, address and postal code;

2. Invention and A technical disclosure document should be submitted for utility models;

3. For design patents, photos or drawings of six-sided views of the product must be provided, or the physical object can be provided and our company will take photos or draw drawings for it;

4. Sign the patent agency contract and the patent agency power of attorney;

5. Pay relevant fees.

3. Time required to apply for a patent

1. After submission of application documents:

It will take 1-3 working days to get the electronic acceptance notice

Get the paper acceptance notice within 20 working days

2. Authorization:

About 1.5-2.5 years after invention

Utility model 7 -About 10 months

About 3-6 months for appearance design

Technical explanation:

1. What is the technical problem to be solved? What is the technology? Which technical field does it belong to (brief introduction)

2. Introduce in detail the existing technical status related to the creation of the present invention, and describe the existing existing technology and the implementation scheme that is most similar to the present invention, and make Brief evaluation.

3. What are the shortcomings of the above-mentioned existing technologies? What causes the above shortcomings (this paragraph should be objectively evaluated based on facts)

4. In view of the above shortcomings, explain the purpose of the invention.

5. Summary of the technical content created by the invention (describe the technical solution of the invention in as much detail as possible, and the advantages, characteristics or positive effects of the technical solution compared with the existing technology)

6. Give examples to explain the specific solutions for realizing the invention. If there are parameters and conditions, they should be listed and explained with reference to the drawings. (Such as methods and steps for implementation, installation, operation, and use)

7. Necessary drawings (including appearance, structure, principle, method flow, etc.)

That's about it.