What is the procedure for applying for an invention patent?

1. The applicant provides original technical data and personal (unit) information;

2. Entrust a patent agency, sign an agency agreement, and write a patent application document that meets the requirements of the Patent Law; if necessary, you can search first

3. Submit the patent application documents to the State Patent Office, obtain the patent application number, and pay the patent application fee as required;

4. After entering the preliminary examination and passing the examination, the invention patent application will be published in the Patent Gazette and the website 18 months after the application date; according to the requirements of the applicant, it can also be within 15 months from the application date. Request advance disclosure at any time;

5. Entering the stage of substantive examination (substantive examination): the applicant may file a substantive examination with the Patent Office at any time within 3 years from the date of application, or file a substantive examination after the patent application is published. audit fee;

6. After substantive examination, the patent is in line with the practicability, novelty and creativity of the invention, and the patent right is granted, and the patent application maintenance fee, annual fee, printing fee and certificate cost are paid according to the regulations, and the invention patent certificate is obtained; the authorized invention The patent will be published.

7. If the priority of an earlier invention patent application is claimed, the relevant information of the earlier application shall be provided.