How do college students apply for utility model patents?

If college students want to apply for utility model patents, they must first determine whether the patent content they want to apply for meets the requirements .

In our country 《 The patent law 》 The definition of utility model in the third paragraph of Article 2 is ：“ The utility model refers to the shape of the product 、 A new technical scheme suitable for practical application is constructed or combined with it .” General about daily necessities 、 mechanical 、 Gadgets of tangible products in electrical appliances , It is more suitable for applying for utility model patents .

After determining the patent type , How to apply for ？

Form of patent application

There are two forms of application ： Electronic application and written application . College students usually choose electronic application .

（1） Electronic application ： Go through the electronic application user registration procedures , Submit application documents and other documents to the patent office through the patent electronic application system of the patent office .

（2） Written application ： The application documents and other documents can be handed over to the acceptance window of the agency office of the local patent office in person or sent to “ State Intellectual Property Office, patent office ××× agency ”.

Written application process

Considering that college students usually do not choose this form of application , There will be no more introduction here .

Electronic application The specific process of

The basic process of electronic application is ：

Prepare application documents → Fee deduction procedure → Electronic application preparation and submission → Pay the fee → Waiting for results or review comments → Reply to the review comments → Issue the final authorization result

One 、 Get ready Application documents

The utility model patent application documents shall be arranged in order ： Patent application for utility model 、 Abstract of specification 、 Abstract attached drawings 、 Claims 、 Instructions 、 Attached drawings of the specification . The application documents shall use the unified form of the Patent Office , Address ：https://www.cnipa.gov.cn/col/col192/index.html,  Or ask the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office for . One form can only be used for one patent application .

How to write patent content ？ You can refer to the template for writing ：

A wind solar complementary electric vehicle charging pile

https://www.zhangqiaokeyan.com/academic-journal-cn_electronics-quality_thesis/0201270965320.html?from=04-401-article-1

Two 、 Deal with Fee deduction procedures

Fee deduction is a preferential policy given by the State Intellectual Property Office for individual patent applications , For college students , It's easier to slow down the cost , Revenue defaults to 0, The annual income of the applicant is less than 6W Conditions , Then I will read the proof 、 A copy of the ID card can be submitted to the local patent agency .

After the procedure is passed, it can be reduced 85%（ Single applicant ） or 70%（（ More than two applicants ） Application fee .

We need to pay attention to , Before the fee reduction materials are handed over to the agency, they need to be filed online on the website of the patent affairs system .

3、 ... and 、 Electronic application preparation and submission

The preparation part

1. Register an electronic account ,http://cponline.cnipa.gov.cn/
2. Prepare the environment ： Chinese version is recommended windows7、IE browser 9 and office2007
3. Click ‘ Control Download ’, install
4. Click ‘ Instructions for use ’, Download the installation instructions of the control , Set up IE browser
5. Log in to your electronic account , Download digital certificate , And in accordance with the ‘ Instructions for use ’, Configure the digital certificate
6. Go to the homepage of China patent electronic application website to download cpc Software , Including software body and offline upgrade package ,http://cponline.cnipa.gov.cn/tooldown/index.jhtml
7. Open client , In the digital certificate management office , Select digital certificate again

Submit part

1. open CPC Software , Click apply for patent
2. Choose the type of utility model patent application
3. Click the utility model patent application on the upper left
4. Click save all after filling in , The system will check the format for you
5. Then click the instructions in turn 、 Claims and drawings of the specification
6. Select the patent application document just completed , Then click on signature and active sending , The patent application documents can be sent to the State Intellectual Property Office

Four 、 Pay cost

Utility model application fee ：500 element , The funds shall be recorded and approved as qualified 、 And ask for a fee reduction when applying , Enjoy according to different situations 70%、85% Reduction of , Paid in advance 150 Yuan or 75 element .

Applicants who have filed for fee deduction , After receiving the authorization notice and the registration notice , Pay the annual fee and stamp duty in accordance with the requirements of the registration notice , The annual fee can be reduced according to the fee reduction filing standard 85%（ Single applicant ） perhaps 70%（ More than two applicants ）.

Annual fee for utility model patent

1—3 year : 600/ Every year, , Individuals after reduction 90 element

4—5 year : 900/ Every year, , Individuals after reduction 135 element

6—8 year : 1200/ Every year, , Individuals after reduction 180 element

9—10 year : 2000/ Every year, , Individuals after reduction 300 element

5、 ... and 、 Approval process

According to the patent law , The utility model patent application is not subject to early publication and substantive examination in the examination and approval , Only accept 、 There are three stages of preliminary review and authorization ,6 The result of whether to authorize will be issued in about months .

Application for utility model patent 、 The review flow chart is as follows ：

 

Qualified in the preliminary examination ：

Issue a notice of patent grant .
The preliminary review needs to be modified ：

Issue a notice of correction 、 Or notice of examination opinions , The applicant is required to submit corrections within the time limit specified in the notice / Reply to the notice of examination opinions ; The answer is compound , Issue authorization notice ; The reply is still unqualified , Send notice of rejection .