1, the request, which should state the designer and the applicant's name and address in English and Chinese, the date of filing, the name of the invention and the priority date;
2, the goods of the design;
3, the accompanying drawings, i.e., the appearance of the six-side drawings (clear)
4, the applicant's and the designer's Name and address of the applicant and the designer (in English and Chinese);
5. If the applicant has claimed a right of priority, a priority document including a certified copy of the prior application;
6. If an agent has been appointed, a power of attorney shall be submitted.
German design patent application process, preliminary examination
The German Patent Office, upon receipt of the application request, will carry out a preliminary examination, mainly to examine the applicant's documents submitted in accordance with the provisions of the law, there are no omissions or errors, the examination of the unqualified application will be sent to the Office of the examination of the opinion notice, the applicant must be within the deadline to make up the information or eliminate the defects, to be examined and passed by the patent office, the applicant will be sent to the Office of the examination of the opinion notice. The applicant must complete the information or eliminate the defects within the deadline. After the examination, the patent applicant will receive a notice of opinion and the application will be open for 18 months.
German design patent application process three, substantive examination
Substantive examination must be filed within seven years from the date of application, otherwise the application will be considered withdrawn, the substantive examination request, the examiner will be on the invention whether to meet the requirements of novelty and other requirements of the examination, to be examined at the end of the examination examiner to determine the qualification, the patent application will be entered into the next stage, that is, the announcement stage.
German design patent application process four, the announcement stage
When the patent application reaches the authorization conditions, the German Patent Office will be published in the official gazette of the application, the announcement of the announcement of a period of nine months, in the announcement period, if there is no one to raise objections to the existence of the situation, then the patent is protected by the patent, and all the application process is over, the patent office will authorize The Patent Office will authorize the patent to the applicant and issue a patent certificate.