Hangzhou patent application flow chart and application procedure

After the patentee owns the patent, he needs to apply for a patent in China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the patent can only be protected after it is granted. What is the procedure and flow chart of applying for a patent in Hangzhou? Let me introduce you to intellectual property rights. (The patent application flow chart is at the end of the article)

1. patent application

To apply for a patent, the applicant shall first submit a patent application to China National Intellectual Property Administration, submit the necessary application documents when submitting the patent application, and pay the relevant fees in accordance with the regulations. At the same time, the patent application can be in written or electronic form.

Note: Please refer to "What materials are needed for patent application" in the solution for the materials or documents needed for patent application.

2. Acceptance by the Patent Office

After the applicant submits a patent application, the Patent Office determines the date of the patent application, gives the application number and issues a notice of acceptance.

3. First trial

After accepting the application, the Patent Office will conduct a preliminary examination of the patent application. After passing the preliminary examination, it will be released within 18 months from the date of application.

The preliminary findings are as follows:

(1) Where the patent applied for is a patent for utility model or a patent for design, the patent right shall be granted after preliminary examination; If the preliminary examination fails, the applicant shall make corrections; If the rectification is qualified, a patent right shall be granted; If it is still unqualified after correction, the patent applicant's application will be rejected;

(2) The applied patent is an invention patent, and it will enter the substantive examination after passing the preliminary examination; If the preliminary examination fails, the applicant shall make corrections to the application. If the correction is qualified, it will enter the substantive examination. If the correction is still unqualified, the application will be rejected.

4. Substantive review

If the invention patent has passed the preliminary examination or supplementary proof that the application has passed, the Patent Office will start the substantive examination of the patent application. The substantive examination is mainly to evaluate the novelty, creativity and practicality of the patent.

If the substantive examination is qualified, the Patent Office shall grant the patent right to the applied invention patent; If it is unqualified, the applicant shall modify the application documents accordingly, grant the patent right to the qualified one, and reject the patent application to the unqualified one.

5. Grant a patent right

The applicant needs to go through the registration formalities after receiving the notice of granting the patent right. The applicant shall pay the patent registration fee, annual fee and announcement printing fee within the prescribed time limit, and pay the stamp duty on the patent certificate. The applicant can only obtain the patent certificate after going through the registration formalities.

Hangzhou patent application flow chart:

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