1. Patent application
To apply for a patent, first of all, the applicant should submit a patent application to the State Intellectual Property Office. When submitting a patent application, the necessary application documents should be submitted and relevant documents should be paid as required. cost. At the same time, patent applications can be in written form or electronic form.
2. Acceptance by the Patent Office
After the applicant submits the patent application, the Patent Office determines the patent application date, gives the application number, and issues an acceptance notice.
3. Preliminary examination
After the Patent Office accepts the application, it will conduct a preliminary examination of the patent application. After passing the preliminary review, it will be announced within 18 months from the date of application.
4. Substantive examination
5. Grant of patent rights
Patent application agency fees can be referred to as follows: invention patent application agency fee is 6,000--15,000 yuan; The agency fee for utility model patent application is 4,000--7,500 yuan; the agency fee for design patent application is 2,200--3,500 yuan.
For questions about patents, you can consult Zhonghe Intellectual Property. Zhonghe Intellectual Property is an institution established and supervised by the State Intellectual Property Office. The code is 32266. The supporting patent management software Yunhulu APP is for enterprise users, Industry practitioners and scientific research institutions provide intelligent and convenient management tools to solve common problems such as management, inquiry, and transaction of corporate intellectual property. Open the APP or mini program to easily complete trademark inquiries, patent applications, and patent annual fee payments. , and has also realized multi-dimensional intelligent monitoring. At present, it has basically realized the intelligent self-service of more than 60 pan-intellectual property services.
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