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The procedure of a china patent application

Many investors want to apply for a china patent, but they are not familiar with the application procedure. Let’s show you in detail:
⑴ Patent Application and Documents Required
A china patent application requires the following documents:
Each application for invention or utility model must include the following documents:
– Power of Attorney, signed by the applicant (Notarization or legalization is not required);
– Specification with claims and abstract;
– Drawings, if any (two sets of formal drawings);
– Certified copy of the prior application, if a priority is claimed;
– Assignment of priority right, if the applicant in China differs from that of the prior application.

Each application for design must include the following documents：
– Power of Attorney, signed by the applicant (Notarization or legalization is not required);
– Drawings or photographs of the design, in triplicate;
– Certified copy of the prior application, if a priority is claimed;
– Assignment of priority right, if the applicant in China differs from that of the prior application.

⑵ Approval Procedures
Approval of patent for invention — after the China Patent Office receives an application for a patent for invention and finds it to be in conformity with the requirements of the law upon preliminary examination, it will publish the application after 18 months from the date of filing. Upon the request of the applicant, the China Patent Office may publish the application earlier. Upon the request of the applicant for a patent for invention, made at any time within three years from the date of filing, the China Patent Office will proceed to examine the application as to substance. If without any justified reason, the applicant fails to meet the time limit for requesting examination as to substance, the application will be deemed to have been withdrawn. The China Patent Office may, on its own initiative, proceed to examine any application for a patent for invention as to substance when deemed necessary.

If no cause for rejection of the application for a patent for invention is found after examination as to substance, the China Patent Office will make a decision to grant the patent right for invention, issue the certificate of patent for invention, and register and publish it. The patent right for invention comes into effect on the date of the publication.

Approval of patent for utility model and design — if no cause for rejection of the application for a patent for utility model or design is found after preliminary examination, the China Patent Office will make a decision to grant the patent right for utility model or the patent right for design, issue the relevant patent certificate, and register and publish it. The patent right for utility model or design comes into effect on the date of the publication.

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