About how individuals apply for patents
Prepare materials directly and submit them to the Patent Office for application.
Notes on submitting patent application documents:
If you apply for a patent or go through other procedures with the Patent Office, you can Submit or mail application documents or other documents directly to the Patent Office Acceptance Office or any of the above-mentioned patent agencies. When submitting documents, you should pay attention to the following matters:
(1) To submit application documents or documents for various procedures to the Patent Office, the forms uniformly formulated by the State Intellectual Property Office should be used. The application documents should be in duplicate, and the formal documents can be in duplicate; the form can be downloaded from the Internet, or obtained from the acceptance hall of the State Intellectual Property Office or by letter.
(2) One form can only be used for one patent application.
(3) Applicants should keep drafts of various documents submitted to the Patent Office to ensure the consistency of document filling during the application review and approval process, and can use this as a reference when responding to examination opinions. .
(4) The application documents are mailed, Registered mail should be used. If it cannot be mailed by registered mail, it can be mailed by express mail instead of parcel. In addition to the detailed address (including postal code) of the patent office or patent agency, the registered letter should also be marked. There are the words "application documents" and "acceptance and processing by the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office" or "collection by the ×× Patent Agency of the State Intellectual Property Office". It is best not to submit application documents through a courier company. Submit application documents through a courier company. The date of actual receipt by the Patent Office Acceptance Office and each patent agency is the date of application. A registered letter should only contain application documents or other documents for the same application. After mailing, the applicant should properly keep the registered receipt stub.
(5) The Patent Office does not Receive samples, specimens or models. During the examination procedure, when the applicant submits samples or models at the request of the examiner, if submitted in person at the patent office acceptance window, the applicant shall present the notice of examination opinion; if submitted by mail, the applicant shall write " "Submit model at the request of examiner ×××(name)".
(6) If the address of the applicant or patentee changes, please promptly submit a change to the bibliographic items to the Patent Office; to terminate the agency relationship between the applicant and the patent office, the applicant should go through the change procedures with the Patent Office.
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