PATENT APPLICATION
1. General Information About Chinese Patent Application
1) Types of patent: invention patent, utility model patent, and design patent.
2) Examination procedures:
ⅰ. Invention: acceptance, preliminary examination, publication, substantive examination and grant.
ⅱ. Utility model and design: acceptance, preliminary examination and grant. No earlier publication nor substantive examination.
3）Patent terms:
ⅰ. Invention: twenty (20) years from the date of filing.
ⅱ. Utility model or design: ten (10) years from the date of filing.
ⅲ. Design: fifteen(15) years from the date of filing(As of June 1, 2021).
2. Requirements for Filing a Chinese Patent Application
1) Instruction Letter, indicating:
ⅰ. title of invention/utility model/design
ⅱ. type of patent application
ⅲ. name(s), address(es), and nationality(ies) of applicant(s) and inventor(s)
ⅳ. priority application date, number and country, if claiming foreign priority
ⅴ. requesting simultaneously for substantive examination or not
ⅵ. the date by which the application must be filed, etc.
2) Power of Attorney
3) Application Documents
4) Priority Document and Assignment
5) Receipt of deposit and the viability proof (if the application concerns a new microorganism, a micro-biological process or a product thereof and involves the use of a micro-organism which is not available to the public).
6) Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence listing in computer readable form (if applicable).
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