What are the precautions when Xuzhou submits a patent application?

To apply for a patent or go through other formalities with the Patent Office, the application documents or other documents may be submitted or sent to the reception office of the Patent Office, or to any agency of the Patent Office. Please note the following when submitting documents:

(1) The format uniformly formulated by China National Intellectual Property Administration shall be used for submitting application documents or documents for handling various formalities to the Patent Office. You can also get it in the reception hall in China National Intellectual Property Administration or by mail (the letter is sent to the issuing room of the preliminary examination and process management department of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office).

(2) A form can only be used for one patent application.

(3) All documents submitted to the Patent Office shall be kept by the applicant, so as to ensure the consistency of document filling in the process of application examination and approval, and can be used as a reference when replying to the examination opinions.

(4) If the application documents are sent by post, a registered letter shall be used. If it cannot be sent by registered mail, it can be sent by express mail, and the application documents cannot be sent by parcel. In addition to indicating the detailed address of the Patent Office or its agency (including postal code), the registered letter should also indicate the words "application documents", "China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office accepted" or "China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office accepted". If the application documents are submitted by the courier company, the date of actual receipt by the Patent Office and its agencies shall be the application date. Registered letters should only contain the same application documents. After mailing, the applicant shall properly keep the registered receipt stub.

(5) The Patent Office does not accept samples, samples or models when accepting patent applications. In the process of examination, when the applicant submits a sample or model at the request of the examiner and submits it in person at the acceptance window of the Patent Office, it shall present a notice of examination opinions; If it is mailed, the words "submit the model at the request of the examiner (name)" shall be written on the mail.

(6) Where the address of the applicant or the patentee changes, it shall submit a description of the change to the Patent Office in time; When the applicant terminates the agency relationship with the Patent Office, he shall go through the formalities of change at the Patent Office.

(7) Where the same applicant applies for a patent for utility model and a patent for invention at the same time on the same day, it shall be stated separately at the time of application. If there is no explanation, the provision in the first paragraph of Article 9 of the Patent Law that the same applicant applies for a utility model patent and an invention patent at the same time on the same day shall not apply, resulting in the invention patent not being granted.

(eight) any unit or individual who directly applies for a patent for an invention or utility model completed in China shall submit a request for confidentiality review to the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office in advance, and explain its technical scheme in detail; If you first apply for a patent in China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, but intend to apply for a patent in a foreign country or submit an international application for a patent to a relevant foreign institution, you should file a request for confidentiality review before applying for a patent in a foreign country or submitting an international application for a patent to a relevant foreign institution, or you can file a request for confidentiality review at the same time as applying for a patent in China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office. Where an international patent application is submitted to China National Intellectual Property Administration, it shall be deemed that a request for confidentiality review has been made at the same time.

(Zhuo Yi Intellectual Property)