How to apply for an invention patent
When applying for a patent, you must submit the necessary application Documents and pay the fees as required. Patent applications must be processed in paper form or electronic application form. Verbal explanations or provision of samples or models cannot be used in place of paper or electronic application documents.
All formal documents must be signed and sealed in accordance with regulations, and the signature and seal must be exactly the same as the name or title filled in the request. The signature may not be copied. Procedures involving the transfer of rights must be signed and sealed by all applicants. Other procedures may be handled with the signature and seal of the applicant's representative. If a patent agency is entrusted, the signature and seal of the patent agency shall be handled.
If supporting documents or attachments are required for the procedures, the original or duplicate supporting documents and attachments shall be used, and photocopies shall not be used. If there is only one original copy, a copy can be used, but it must be accompanied by a certificate issued by a notary office that the copy is consistent with the original.
How to arrange application documents when submitting an application
Invention or Utility model patent application documents should be arranged in the following order: request, abstract of the description, drawings of the abstract, claims, description, and drawings of the description. Design patent application documents should be arranged in the order of request letter, pictures or photos, and brief description. Each part of the application document should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals.
Paper requirements for application documents
The paper quality of application documents should be equivalent to photocopyingThe quality of machine paper. There should be no useless words, marks, frames, lines, etc. on the paper. All documents must be in A4 size (210 mm × 297 mm) paper.
The paper used for application documents should be used in portrait orientation. The text should be arranged from left to right, leaving 25 mm of space on the left and top sides of the paper, and 15 mm of space on the right and bottom sides of the paper to facilitate publication and review. The first page of each part of the application document must use the form uniformly developed by the State Intellectual Property Office. These forms can be obtained from the information desk in the reception hall of the Patent Office, from the local patent office agencies, or downloaded directly from the website of the State Intellectual Property Office.
Text and writing requirements for application documents
Application documents All parts use Chinese characters. If there are pictures in the application documents, they should be drawn with ink and drawing tools, or drawn with drawing software. The lines should be even and clear and must not be altered. Engineering blueprints may not be used.
Uniqueness requirement of patent application content
One piece An application for a new invention or utility model patent shall be limited to one invention or utility model. Two or more inventions or utility models belonging to one general inventive concept can be filed as one application. A design patent application shall be limited to one design. Two or more similar designs for the same product, or two or more designs for products of the same category that are sold or used in sets, can be submitted as one application.
Filling and writing of application documents
There are specific requirements for filling in and writing. Applicants can fill in or write it by themselves, or they can entrust a patent agency to do it for them.
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