all patents were applied in China National Intellectual Property Administration. You can apply independently or entrust an agency to apply.

patent application process:

1. confirm the type of patent to be applied.

2. Search for the same type of patent, either independently or by entrusting an agency to search more comprehensively.

3. Prepare the application documents and submit them to the application step.

4. Get the acceptance notice.

5. Preliminary review. (In the case of an application for a patent for invention, the application for a patent for invention must first be examined for confidentiality before the preliminary examination. If it needs to be kept confidential, it shall be handled according to the confidentiality procedure.

6. Publication stage (especially application for invention patent).

7. substantive examination (especially invention patent). To conduct a comprehensive review of whether the patent application is novel, creative, practical and other substantive conditions stipulated in the patent law.

8. authorization stage. After the utility model and design pass the examination in the fifth step, they can directly enter the authorization stage.

Material preparation:

1. To apply for a patent for invention, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for invention, the abstract, the appended drawings of the abstract (if applicable), the specification, the claims and the appended drawings of the specification (if applicable) in duplicate.

2. To apply for a patent for utility model, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for utility model, the abstract, the appended drawings of the abstract (if applicable), the specification, the claims and the appended drawings of the specification in duplicate.

3. To apply for a patent for design, the application documents shall include: a request for a patent for design, pictures or photographs (color pictures or photographs shall be submitted if color protection is required) and a brief description of the design in duplicate. If pictures are submitted, two copies shall be pictures; if photos are submitted, two copies shall be photos, and pictures or photos shall not be mixed.