According to the provisions of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), to apply for a patent for invention, the applicant shall submit the patent application documents to the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office in electronic form or in written form, including: the request for a patent for invention, the abstract of the specification (if necessary, it shall be attached with drawings), the patent claim, the specification (if necessary, it shall be attached with drawings) and other materials.

After accepting the application, China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office shall pay the application fee in accordance with the regulations. The patent office will make a preliminary examination of the application. After passing the preliminary examination or being corrected by the respondent, the applicant shall submit a written application for substantive examination to the Patent Office within three years from the date of application. After substantive examination, the patent right is granted, and the patent certificate is obtained after registration and payment. If the applicant fails to submit an application for substantive examination in writing within three years, it shall be deemed to have withdrawn the application.

The process of individual patent application:

1. Consultation. Communicate with us and consult the knowledge about patents to understand the basic process and theory;

2. Write a technical disclosure. We will keep your technical disclosure strictly confidential;

3 China patent search, pay the search fee first. Objective: To preliminarily confirm the novelty of China's patent application; Prevent infringement of others' patent rights in China. Operation: Search for China patents (i.e. patents in China and patents that foreigners apply for and publish or announce in China). Search fees and translation fees are charged respectively for searching foreign language patents. The invention patent is not guaranteed to be granted after retrieval, mainly to find the existing technical documents similar to the invention.

4. Special agent. General agent: basic agency fee is charged. Expedited agency: 40% of the basic agency fee is charged. According to the original materials provided by the applicant, write the application documents that meet the requirements and.

5. Acceptance: The State Patent Office will send back the Notice of Acceptance after receiving the mailed or submitted application documents, and the applicant will pay the application fee to the China Patent Office at the same time as receiving the Notice of Acceptance or within two months from the date of application. If the application is slow, I will pay at the slow rate and pay the handling fee I received. Failing to pay within the time limit shall be deemed to have withdrawn the patent application.

6. Preliminary examination: The State Patent Office conducts a preliminary examination of the submitted application documents. The applicant shall pay the examination fee to the Patent Office when receiving the Notice of Qualified Preliminary Examination or within 3 years from the date of application. The examination fee is 2500 yuan. If the applicant enjoys a mitigated treatment, it shall be paid according to the mitigated proportion. At the same time, the handling fee I received was 150 yuan. Paying this review fee early can enter the review process early. If the examination fee is not paid within the time limit, the patent application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

legal ground

Article 26 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

To apply for a patent for invention or utility model, a written request, a specification, an abstract thereof, a patent claim and other documents shall be submitted.

The request shall specify the name of the invention or utility model, the name of the inventor, the name and address of the applicant and other matters.

The specification shall give a clear and complete description of the invention or utility model, which shall be subject to the realization of the technical personnel in the technical field; Attached drawings shall be attached when necessary. The technical points of the invention or utility model shall be briefly explained.

The patent claim shall be based on the specification, and clearly and briefly define the scope of patent protection.

For inventions and creations that rely on genetic resources, the applicant shall specify the direct source and original source of genetic resources in the patent application documents; If the applicant cannot explain the original source, it shall explain the reasons.