What are the conditions for not accepting patent applications?

What are the conditions for not accepting patent applications?

(1) Patent applications that are not submitted in writing or are not written in Chinese cannot be accepted. For example, patent applications filed with models, samples, video tapes, disks or over the phone are not acceptable, nor are untranslated foreign language application documents.

(2) The application documents (including the request letter) are not typed or printed, or the handwriting is unclear or altered; the drawings or design pictures do not use drawing tools Photos drawn with black ink, blurry or altered (design photos) will not be accepted. For example: pencil-drawn drawings and pictures, and blurry photos are not acceptable.

(3) The basic application documents are not complete, such as the invention application missing any one of the request, claims, and description; the utility model patent application missing the request , claims, descriptions, and drawings; design patent applications that lack any of the requirements, pictures, or photographs cannot be accepted. The review of acceptance conditions only checks whether these parts of the patent application are complete, and does not review whether the documents in each part are complete. Therefore, applicants must check carefully when submitting application documents.

(4) Requests that are missing the applicant’s name and address will not be accepted.

(5) Patent application categories (invention, utility model or design) that are unclear or cannot be determined will not be accepted.

(6) Applications filed by nationals or entities of countries that have neither agreement or treaty relationship with my country nor patent reciprocity will not be accepted; or Foreigners or foreign entities without regular residence or business offices in my country, as well as entities and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who have not completed the application procedures in accordance with the provisions of Article 19, Paragraph 1 of the Patent Law, will not be accepted.

(7) Legal persons and residents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan directly mail patent applications from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to the Patent Office; legal persons from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan file as applicants with the Patent Office When applying for a patent, a patent agency designated by the State Intellectual Property Office is not entrusted to handle it.