1 trademarks are used by producers and operators of commodities on the commodities they produce, manufacture, process, select or distribute, or by service providers on the services they provide. They are used to distinguish the sources of commodities or services, including words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, color combinations and sounds, and the combination of the above elements. They are distinctive signs and are the products of modern economy.

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The process of applying for a trademark

1. Inquire about the trademark first. If there is nothing identical or similar in advance, you can make application documents and submit the application;

2. About one month after the application is submitted, the Trademark Office will issue you an application acceptance notice (this period is called the formal examination stage).

3. After the formal review is completed, it will enter the substantive review stage, which will take about one year to one and a half years.

4. If the substantive examination is qualified, it will enter the announcement procedure (this period is 3 months, also called the objection period);

5. When the announcement expires, no one raises any objection. You can get the registration certificate.

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patent literally refers to the exclusive rights and interests. The word "patent" comes from the Latin "Litterae patentes", which means open letters or public documents. It is a certificate used by medieval monarchs to issue certain privileges, and later refers to the exclusive right certificate signed by the British king himself.

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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 application documents and submit them to enter 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 invention patent application).

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 by 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.