What are the patent application procedures
1. Consultation. Communicate with us and consult about patent knowledge in order to understand the basic processes and theories;
2. Write a technical briefing;
3. Chinese patent search, please pay the search fee first. Purpose: Preliminarily confirm the novelty of the application content in Chinese patents; prevent infringement of other people's patent rights in China. Operation: Search Chinese patents (that is, Chinese patents and patents applied by foreigners to China and published or announced). Additional search fees and translation fees will be charged for searching foreign language patents. Searching for invention patents does not guarantee the granting of patent rights. The main thing is to find existing technical documents that are close to the invention;
4. Agent. Ordinary agent: Basic agency fee is charged. Urgent agency: 40% of the basic agency fee will be charged. Based on the original materials provided by the applicant, the agent writes application documents that comply with, and regulations;
5. Acceptance: The National Patent Office receives application documents that are mailed or submitted After that, the "Notice of Acceptance" will be sent back. The applicant shall pay the application fee to the China Patent Office when picking up the "Notice of Acceptance" or within two months from the date of application. If it is delayed, the fee will be paid at the reduced rate. At the same time, we will collect the formalities. fee. The patent application that is overdue for payment will be deemed to be withdrawn;
6. Preliminary examination: The National Patent Office will conduct a preliminary examination of the submitted application documents, and the applicant will be deemed to have passed the preliminary examination. Pay the examination fee to the Patent Office when submitting the "Notice" or within 3 years from the date of application. The full examination fee is 2,500 yuan. If you enjoy the mitigation treatment, you will pay according to the mitigation ratio. At the same time, we charge a handling fee of 150 yuan. If you pay this examination fee early, you can enter the examination process earlier. If the examination fee is paid after the due date, the patent application will be deemed to be withdrawn.
The above knowledge is the editor’s answer to the patent application procedures. I hope it can help you. I would like to know more aboutFor patent application procedures or other legal-related questions, you can consult a lawyer on the Legal Savior website.