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Patent approval process?

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2022-09-10

What is the process of patent application?

What should I prepare for the application materials?

When the materials are ready, where should I hand them in?

How do I pay?

How long does it take for the patent examination to result?

If the first trial fails, can it be corrected? How to correct it?

Upon receipt of the letter of authorization,

Does that mean you get the patent?

What follow-up procedures are needed?

Regarding "Patent Approval Process",

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1. The patent application stage

Prepare the patent application documents, of course, which include:

(a) Invention patent or utility model patent means the request, description abstract, description, drawings (if any) of the description, claims, drawings (if any) of the abstract;

(b) a patent request, a brief description of the design, drawings or photographs of the design.

Some friends asked, how to prepare these files, the format should be what?

It is recommended to consult a professional patent agency Shenzhen Trust transaction，Because the relevant documents involve too many professional and legal aspects of things, professional people do professional things.

2. Submit application documents to the State Patent Office

When the above documents are ready, they can be submitted to the Patent Office by mail or electronic application. After submission, the patent acceptance notice and payment notice with the application number will be obtained.

3. Pay the application fee

Payment to the Patent Office through online banking or postal remittance, the payment notice shall indicate the payment method and the fee to be paid; If the application fee is not paid within two months of submission of the application, the application will be considered withdrawn; Once the filing fee has been paid, the patent application will proceed to the next step.

4. Preliminary review stage

Because invention patents and utility model patents are not the same, this preliminary examination stage, for invention patents, is a formal examination, if the formal examination can not pass, it will issue a correction letter, requiring correction; If the formal examination is qualified, the notice of initial examination will be issued and made public, at this time, it is necessary to make a substantive examination request and pay the actual examination fee, and the invention patent will enter the substantive examination stage (this time is generally 6 to 12 months, depending on the speed of the Patent Office process).

Pay special attention to:

This stage for utility model or appearance patents, is the preliminary examination qualified, can be issued authorization notice stage;

If the examination is not qualified, it will issue a rectification notice (the examiner thinks that there is a prospect of authorization) or a review notice (the examiner thinks that the prospect of authorization is not clear), and after the applicant makes a rectification or reply, the examiner will reject it if it thinks that it does not meet the requirements, and the patent application approval process will end here;

If the review finds that the authorization requirements are met after correction or reply, the authorization notice is issued.

5. Pay the licensing fee

Whether it is an invention patent or a utility model or a design patent, the issuance of the authorization notice does not mean that the patent application has been authorized, but it needs to pay the annual printing fee (respectively refers to the annual fee, registration fee and stamp duty of the patent year of the authorization year, and the current patent registration fee and stamp duty have been exempted from payment) in order to obtain the patent certificate. The patent application approval process is now complete. (Source: Guohai Zhifeng)

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