Patent process management, what is the patent application process

1 The most basic thing is that each client should create a file and distinguish the status of each client's patent application.

2. To coordinate the relationship between the process department and the ** department, after the ** department writes the case, it will be submitted to the process department, and the process department will make the application documents, and after it is done, let the relevant ** person review it, confirm that it is correct, and submit it to the local patent office in time, and then pay the application fee within two months from the filing date.

3 After the patent office issues various notices, you should file them in time and send the original documents to the patent applicant, check the applicant's address when sending them, and notify the applicant to check them.

4 There are also many trivial things that need to be explained in practice.

I am the leader of the patent company, for your situation, I will help you.

Each firm has its own characteristics, therefore, the process management is not unified, you have to manage according to the characteristics of your firm, if it is not clear, the best way is to directly consult the leader of the firm, let him give you clear instructions, as long as you follow his instructions, even if you are wrong or missing, the leader will not blame you, you just need to improve.

Do it in this way, and believe that you can do it well.

Make a **, register the information between the patent office and the customer, and create a folder and number for each case. ......Very tedious thing. Note that the notice sent by the patent office is to notify the customer or **person, and indicate the deadline for reply (processing) on the flow chart, and if there is no reply or processing before the deadline, the ,...... will be notified again

It's messy.

Patent application process.

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Legal analysis: 1. Patent application; 2. Accepted by the Patent Office; 3. Preliminary examination; 4. Announcement stage; 5. Request for substantive examination; 6. Substantive examination; 7. Authorization. After receiving the notice of grant of patent, the applicant needs to go through the registration formalities.

Legal basis: Patent Law of the People's Republic of China Article 26 Where an application for a patent for invention or utility model is made, a request, a description and its abstract and claims and other documents shall be submitted, and the request shall clearly state the name of the invention or utility model, the name of the inventor, the name and address of the applicant, and other matters. The description shall give a clear and complete description of the invention or utility model, which shall be subject to the realization of it by a person skilled in the art to which it belongs; Where necessary, drawings should be available.

The abstract shall briefly describe the technical points of the invention or utility model. The claims shall be based on the description and clearly and concisely define the scope of the claimed patent protection. For inventions and creations that rely on genetic resources, the applicant shall indicate in the patent application documents the direct and original nature of the genetic resources; If the applicant is unable to explain the original **, the reasons shall be stated.

In the IP industry, patent process management practitioners have cumbersome workflows, and the main reasons for this are:

1. Technical disclosure collection and distribution--- case filing 2, CPC case file package production --- production 3, receipt notice collation--- receipt 4, relevant payment documents production and supplementation--- payment 5, patent fee inquiry and monitoring--- monitoring 6, mail notification of the right holder of the case situation or payment request--- post 7, certificate, payment receipt scanning entry--- scanning 8, others... From the perspective of patent flow and silver management optimization, in addition to case filing data collection, other steps can be used to reduce repetitive work, but it is also difficult to switch between these small software. The headache of CPC production is that no matter how high the computer is formulated, it needs to be patient step by step.

Receiving documents, using the CPC to accept the notice, the transfer needs to open the files one by one, or enter the CPC file package to convert the TIF file to PDF, and there is also the problem of naming, which is cumbersome and wastes time. The biggest problem with payment is that it is easy to fill in the wrong amount and enter the wrong payment items. Monitoring, not much to say, if there are thousands of large offices, there is no need to do anything else every day, repeatedly query the payment information.

Post, one by one repeated notices.

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The first is the type of patent application and the documents that need to be prepared for the patent application. To apply for a patent for invention or utility model, a request, description, claims, abstract and necessary drawings and other documents shall be submitted. To apply for a design patent, documents such as a written request, a ** or ** of the design, and a brief description shall be submitted.

The patent application documents can be written by the applicant himself or by the patentee. Entrust the patent institution to apply through consultation, signing the first entrustment agreement, the content of the invention and creation has the obligation of confidentiality, and the technical disclosure helps the patentee to fully understand the content of the invention and the determination of the application plan. After that comes the preparation of the documents:

1. Drafting patent application documents; 2. Preparation of application documents; Filing a patent application and obtaining a patent application number; In the examination process, the patentee will make patent amendments, opinion statements, defenses, changes, etc. Generally speaking, when a patent application is submitted for examination, it is called the preliminary examination of the patent, and the time of the process of examination conclusion is generally about 6 months for design, about 10-12 months for utility models, and 2-4 years for the second stage of examination for inventions.

With the improvement of the examination efficiency of patent offices, the examination and grant time of designs and utility models is about 4-6 months; The examination time limit has been increased, so that it is easier for the patentee to obtain the patent as soon as possible.

Legal basis

Patent Law of the People's Republic of China.

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Open the patent search page

1. Search by the name of the invention: to explain by industry;

2. Come to the page about industry, select one of the patent reports, click to enter, and come to the imitation page in the content of the patent report, that is, the final retrieved patent report page, to achieve the purpose of search.

By patent number

Go to the page about entering the patent number, select one of the patent reports, click to enter, and come to the content page of the patent report, that is, the final retrieved patent report page, to achieve the purpose of search.

By applicant

Go to the page about entering the applicant, select one of the patent reports, click to enter, and come to the content page of the patent report, that is, the final retrieved patent report page, to achieve the purpose of search.

By inventor

Go to the page about entering the inventor, select one of the patent reports, click to enter, and come to the content page of the patent report, that is, the final retrieved patent report page, to achieve the purpose of searching.

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The patent approval process is as follows:

1. If a party applies for a design or utility model patent, the examination and approval procedures include acceptance, preliminary examination, publication, substantive examination and authorization;

2. If the party applies for an invention patent, the examination and approval procedures include acceptance, preliminary examination, publication and authorization.

[Legal Basis for Dismantling].

Article 26 of the Patent Law, which came into force on June 1, 2021.

Where an application is made for a patent for invention or utility model, a written request, a description and its abstract and claims shall be submitted.

Article 34.

After receiving an application for a patent for invention, if it is found to meet the requirements of this Law after preliminary examination, the patent administration department shall publish it immediately after 18 months from the date of filing. The patent administration department may publish the application at an early date at the request of the applicant.

Article 35.

Within three years from the filing date of an invention patent application, the patent administration department may conduct a substantive examination of the application according to the request of the applicant at any time; If the applicant fails to request substantive examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn.

Article 39.

If no reason for rejection is found in the substantive examination of the invention patent application, the patent administration department shall make a decision to grant the invention patent right, issue a patent patent certificate, and register and announce it at the same time. The invention patent right shall take effect from the date of publication.