1. According to Article 34 of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China, after the patent administration department of the State Council receives an invention patent application and upon preliminary examination determines that it meets the requirements of this Law, the application shall be It will be announced immediately after eighteen months. The patent administration department of the State Council can publish the application as early as possible upon the applicant's request;
2. Individuals can apply for invention patents. According to the following provisions of the "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China":
(1) Article 8: Inventions and creations completed by cooperation between two or more units or individuals, one unit or individual accepts the acceptance of other units or individuals For inventions and creations completed by entrustment, unless otherwise agreed, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the unit or individual who completed or co-completed the invention; after the application is approved, the unit or individual who applied is the patentee.
(2) Article 19: Chinese entities or individuals that apply for patents and handle other patent matters domestically may entrust a patent agency established in accordance with the law to handle them.
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Other regulations regarding the review and approval of patent applications:
1. Article 35: An invention patent application shall be subject to three days from the filing date. During the year, the patent administration department of the State Council may conduct a substantive examination of the application based on the request made by the applicant at any time; if the applicant fails to request a substantive examination beyond the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application will be deemed to have been withdrawn.
When the patent administration department of the State Council deems it necessary, it may conduct a substantive examination of an invention patent application on its own.
2. Article 36 When an applicant for an invention patent requests substantive examination, he shall submit reference materials related to his invention before the filing date.
If an application for an invention patent has been filed in a foreign country, the patent administration department of the State Council may require the applicant to submit within a specified time limit the information retrieved by that country for the purpose of examining the application or the information on the examination results; if the application is overdue without justifiable reasons, If not submitted, the application will be deemed withdrawn.
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