What does patent examination mean?

Question 1: What does "substantial examination inspection" mean in the examination status of an invention patent? It means that your invention patent has submitted a substantive examination request and paid the substantive examination fee. It is currently undergoing substantive examination, which does not mean authorization. If after the review is completed and the novelty and inventiveness are confirmed, a notification of grant is issued, which means that you are authorized to go through the registration procedures immediately.

Question 2: Several stages of patent examination. The examination process for invention patents is more complicated than the examination process for utility model patents and design patents. There are two more stages: the publication stage and the actual examination. At this stage, the time from submission of materials to authorization is also relatively long. It usually takes about 2 to 3 years before the authorization certificate can be obtained.

1. Acceptance stage

After receiving the Kunming invention patent application, the Patent Office will review it. If the acceptance conditions are met, the Patent Office will determine the application date, give an application number, and verify the documents. After the list is made, a notice of acceptance will be issued to notify the applicant.

2. Preliminary examination stage

If an accepted patent application pays the application fee in accordance with regulations, it will automatically enter the preliminary examination stage. Before the preliminary examination, the invention patent application must first undergo a confidentiality review. If confidentiality is required, it shall be handled according to confidentiality procedures.

3. Publication stage

The invention patent application enters the publicity stage from the issuance of the preliminary examination qualification notice. If the applicant does not make a request for early disclosure, it must wait until 15 days have passed since the application date. It only entered the public preparation process last month.

4. Substantive examination stage

After the invention patent application is published, if the applicant has submitted a substantive examination request and it has taken effect, the applicant will enter the substantive examination procedure. If an invention patent application has not submitted a request for substantive examination within three years from the filing date, or if the request for substantive examination has not taken effect, the application will be deemed to have been withdrawn.

5. Authorization stage

If no reason for rejection is found after substantive examination of the invention patent application, the examiner will issue an authorization notice, and the application will enter preparation for authorization registration. After reviewing the legal validity of the authorization text After reviewing and reviewing the completeness of the patent application, and after proofreading and revising the bibliographic items of the patent application, the Patent Office will issue an authorization notice and a registration formalities notice. After receiving the notice, the applicant shall complete the registration in accordance with the requirements of the notice within 2 months. If you complete the formalities and pay the prescribed fees and complete the registration procedures on time, the Patent Office will grant the patent right, issue a patent certificate, record it in the patent register, and announce it in the Patent Gazette three months later. If you fail to complete the registration procedures as required, , deemed to be a waiver of the right to obtain patent rights.

Question 3: Hello, I would like to ask what is the difference between the substantive examination during the trial and the disclosure during the trial during the invention patent application process? Could you please explain that generally, patents are disclosed first before entering the substantive examination. However, in order to speed up the review process, many customers publicly submit substantive examinations in advance, so the public and substantive examinations will be conducted together. Review opinions will be provided within six months to one year after entering the substantive examination. I hope I can answer your questions

Question 4: What does “substantial trial” mean? It just passed the review, right? Well, invention patents are divided into two stages, the preliminary examination stage and the substantive examination stage. Substantive examination is referred to as substantive examination. That is, after passing the preliminary examination of the invention patent and paying the substantive examination fee, the substantive examination will begin. The substantive examination mainly examines the inventiveness of the patent. The substantive examination takes a long time, but it does not mean that the patent will be passed.

Question 5: What does patent substantive examination refer to? Patent substantive examination means that when the patent office examines an application, it must not only examine the formal requirements of the application, but also examine the invention in the application. The creation shall be reviewed whether it meets the substantive requirements such as novelty, creativity and practicality.

According to China’s patent law, invention patents are subject to a substantive examination system, while utility model patents and design patents are subject to a formal examination system. The latter also needs to meet the substantive requirements. When the patent administration department of the State Council deems it necessary, it may conduct a substantive examination of an invention patent application on its own.

Question 6: How to enter the substantive examination after passing the preliminary examination for invention patent? You can enter the substantive examination stage by submitting a request for substantive examination. There is no need to prepare any materials, but a substantive examination request fee is required.

When submitting the request for practical examination, you may or may not submit the advance announcement together with it. Early announcement means that it will be announced immediately after passing the preliminary review. It doesn’t matter if you don’t submit for early announcement. After 18 months, it will naturally be announced for you.

Question 7: What are the specific review procedures for patent applications? If the applicant has not completed the substantive examination request procedures, the Patent Office will wait for the applicant to complete the substantive examination request procedures; if three years have passed since the application date, and the applicant has not submitted a substantive examination request or the substantive examination request has not taken effect, the application will be deemed invalid. considered withdrawn. Applications that enter the practical review process will wait for practical review in the order in which they enter the practical review process. During the actual examination, the examiner will conduct a comprehensive review on the basis of the search to see whether the patent application meets the novelty, creativity, practicality and other substantive conditions stipulated in the patent law. After review, if it is found that the conditions for authorization are not met or that there are various deficiencies, the applicant shall be notified to state opinions or make modifications within the specified time (the time limit for replying to the first notice of examination opinions is 4 months). If the applicant fails to respond within the specified period, the application will be deemed withdrawn. If the application still does not meet the requirements after at least one reply or modification, it will be rejected. Due to the complexity of the actual review, the review cycle generally takes one year or more. If no reason for rejection is found during the substantive examination of an invention patent application, or if the defects are eliminated after the applicant has revised and stated his opinions, the examiner will prepare an authorization notice and the application will enter the authorization preparation stage as required.

Question 8: In a patent application, the case status column is "One pass to return for actual trial". What does it mean? 5 points This is a term for an invention patent application. One-pass represents the first examination opinion notice, and the return represents the receipt of the examiner's hand. One-pass return for actual examination means that the patent has entered actual examination and the first examination opinion has been issued. In the notice, you or the patent agency will refute the patent examiner's opinion that there is no inventive step based on the first-pass examination results and submit it to the patent office. The examiner will conduct a substantive review based on your rebuttal. If the rebuttal is valid, an authorization notice will be issued. If it is invalid, the examiner will issue a second examination opinion notice, and so on. Hope to adopt it!

Question 9: What does substantive examination mean in patent examination? Substantive examination is the substantive examination.

The substantive examination procedure of an invention patent application is mainly initiated based on the applicant's request for substantive examination.

In order to initiate the substantive examination procedure, the applicant should submit a formal substantive examination request within 3 years from the Chinese application date or priority date. If no substantive examination is requested within this period, the application will be deemed to have been withdrawn.

Question 10: What does "substantial examination inspection" mean in the examination status of an invention patent? It means that your invention patent has submitted a substantive examination request and paid the substantive examination fee. It is currently undergoing substantive examination, which does not mean authorization. If after the review is completed and the novelty and inventiveness are confirmed, a notification of grant is issued, which means that you are authorized to go through the registration procedures immediately.