Hello everyone, I am Teacher Yingzi. As an intellectual property expert, he has been deeply involved in the patent industry for more than ten years and has rich experience in patent work: he once worked in a large patent agency in patent agency work and patent quality inspection work (spot checks on the writing quality of patent attorneys in agencies and score them ); after that, he worked as a senior patent engineer in a well-known listed company and a leading company in the industry. His main work included patent layout, patent mining, patent infringement analysis and response, patent stability analysis, and patent invalidation response.
Different from the dogmatic explanations in textbooks, this column is dedicated to explaining in easy-to-understand language. In order to help novices better understand patents, this blog explains the review process of invention patents and when to enter important nodes in different R&D scenarios . Students who are interested in this column can first learn how to teach you how to write patents from scratch .
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- Briefly describe the length of the examination cycle of the three types of patents
- Invention Patent Examination Process
- Introduction to important nodes and important concepts of invention patent examination
- Choose when to enter critical milestones in different R&D scenarios
1. Briefly describe the length of the examination cycle of the three types of patents
Due to the regional nature of patents, this article only describes the relevant situations of patent applications and examinations in mainland China. In mainland China, due to the different types of patents (that is, invention patents, utility model patents, and design patents, please refer to the previous three blogs for detailed explanations of the three different types of patents), the "Patent Law" stipulates Different patent types have their own patent review processes and standards. Therefore, the length of the review cycle for different patent types is different.
For details, please refer to the following figure