What are the main procedures for examining patent applications?


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2015-11-24

(A) Filing an application. The applicant submits a request and other relevant documents to the State Intellectual Property Office, and may also appoint a patent agent to file a patent application.

(B) Accepting the application. Upon receipt of the request and other relevant documents, the State Intellectual Property Office issues a notice of acceptance, determines the date of filing of the patent application, grants a patent application number and notifies the applicant.

(C) Preliminary examination. The State Intellectual Property Office shall conduct a formal examination of the format of the application documents, legal requirements and payment of fees. If the preliminary examination fails, the applicant is notified to make corrections or make representations, and if the application still fails to meet the requirements of The Patent Law, it is rejected.

(D) Publication of the application. For the invention patent application that passes the preliminary examination, it shall be published in the "Invention Patent Bulletin" after eighteen months from the date of filing. The applicant may also request for early publication, and the State Intellectual Property Office will publish the application immediately after it has passed the preliminary examination.

(E) Substantive examination. Within three years from the filing date of the invention patent application, the State Intellectual Property Office may, at the request of the applicant, conduct a substantive examination of the application, or may conduct a substantive examination of the invention patent application on its own.

(F) Authorization Announcement. If no reason for rejection is found in the substantive examination of a patent application for invention, the State Intellectual Property Office shall grant a patent for invention, issue a certificate of patent for invention, and register and publicize the application in the "Invention Patent Bulletin". For utility model and design patent applications, through the preliminary examination, the State Intellectual Property Office grants utility model patent rights or design patent rights, and issues the corresponding patent certificates, and at the same time to be registered and announced.

Source: Beijing 12330

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