What are the application materials for American appearance patent? 1
materials required for applying for a patent for American appearance
1. Please provide the basic materials required for applying for a patent;
2. Our company makes application documents and reviews basic materials;
3. The applicant signs the document to confirm the submission of the application;
4. Issue the application receipt and wait for the audit result.
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Documents required for the application of American patent for appearance
(1) Entrustment contract;
(2) the name, address and nationality of the inventor;
(3) name of appearance patent;
(4) China application date and China application number;
(5) category of patent application in China;
(6) whether priority is required;
(7) the patent application documents of the original China patent application;
(8) Six-sided view of the product and product appearance description.
(9) individual application (the applicant is an individual or a small enterprise with less than 5 employees, Or a non-profit group)
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What are the application procedures for American design patents?
1. Submit the application: the application fee, search fee, examination fee and application documents should be paid at the same time when submitting the application
2. Formal examination: After the formal examination is passed, USPTO will issue a formal official acceptance notice;
3. Publicity: automatic publication within 18 months from the application date or priority date after examination and approval, or disclosure within 18 months from the application date according to the requirements of the applicant;
4. actual review: generally, the review opinions will be issued within 12 to 18 months. if rejected, the applicant must give a reply within 3 months from the date of receiving the notice. The applicant can request an extension of the time limit, which can be extended for up to 3 months; Generally, American applications will receive 1-2 review comments. If the review comments cannot be overcome and eventually rejected, you can choose to continue to reply (the probability of adoption is low) or submit a reply and RCE (somewhat similar to China review, but RCE is unlimited, and the USPTO will re-examine after the official fee is paid, and the process is the same as the new case), or request an appeal.
5. In the process of examination, if some claims can be authorized, you can also strive for authorization first, and the unauthorized rights can be submitted to the Continuation Application (CA) to continue to argue with the examiner. If the applicant needs to add new substantive contents during the application process, he can submit a Continuation-in-part (CIP), and the newly added things do not enjoy the priority of the parent case. CA and CIP need to be submitted before the parent case pays the authorization fee, and the official fee is the same as that of the new case. After authorization, there is a separate patent certificate (in China, it can be regarded as an independent patent to obtain corresponding government subsidies).
6. Patent registration procedures: If no reason for rejection is found after examination, a notice of authorization will be issued, and the applicant shall go through the patent registration procedures and pay the registration fee within three months from the date of receiving the notice.
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