Patent application process and fees

The patent application requires the following process:

1. The applicant shall submit a written application;

2. Upon receipt of the application for a patent for invention, the patent administrative department under the State Council shall conduct a preliminary examination for a period of eighteen months. If the examination passes, it will be published immediately;

3. If the invention patent application passes the substantive examination within three years from the date of filing, a certificate of invention patent will be issued.

Legal basis:Article 26 of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the State. Application for a patent for invention or utility model, shall submit a request, specification and its abstract, claims and other documents. The request shall 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 specification shall give a clear and complete description of the invention or utility model, and is capable of being realized by technicians in the technical field to which it belongs. If necessary, there should be drawings. The technical points of the invention or utility model should be briefly described. Claims should be based on the specification, clearly and briefly limit the scope of patent protection. Relying on genetic resources for the invention, the applicant should be written in the patent application documents, the direct source of genetic resources and the original source; the applicant can not explain the original source, it should explain the reasons.