1. Confirm the type of patent application;
2, search the same type of patent, you can search independently, you can also entrust an agency to conduct a more comprehensive search;
3. Prepare application documents and submit them to the application step;
4. get the admission notice;
5. Preliminary examination;
6, the publication stage, especially the invention patent application stage;
7, substantive examination, especially the invention patent;
8. Authorization stage. The utility model and design can directly enter the authorization stage after passing the examination in the fifth step.
The three categories that can apply for national patents are invention patents, utility model patents and design patents:
1. You can apply for a patent for invention for the new technical scheme proposed by the product, method or improvement of the product and method;
2. You can apply for a patent for utility model according to the new technical scheme proposed by the shape and structure of the product or its combination;
3. A new design based on the shape, pattern or combination of products and the combination of colors, shapes and patterns, which is aesthetic and suitable for industrial application, may apply for a patent for design.