This is a common problem.
First of all, what is a proposal waiting for practical review?
Currently, only invention patents will encounter proposals waiting for substantive examination, which means waiting for the examiner to conduct a substantive review of your patent.
How long should this time take? Not sure yet. may take a few months at the fastest and a few years at the slowest.
Our own team’s innovative research and development applied for an invention patent. We submitted the application at the end of September that year, and in early June of the following year, we obtained the invention authorization. It took about 8 months. This is already very fast for an invention patent, and there may be even faster ones.
As for the slowest one, or the longest one, when I was studying and communicating with industry professors, I said that an Australian company applied for an invention patent for an bicycle seat , which took 8 years.
also has some invention patents (relatively speaking, they are a minority), and they are still waiting for practical review proposals for almost two and a half years.
According to the normal review cycle, most invention patents last for more than one year.
Therefore, applying for an invention patent requires waiting patiently. Be sure to set aside time in advance too!
What is more regrettable is:
If an individual applies for an invention patent, it is used for professional title review or award application, or for other purposes. Many friends do not set aside enough time. As a result, when performance certificates are used, the invention patent has not yet been authorized. , how much it will affect your own planning.
For enterprises, taking small and micro enterprises as an example, if cannot obtain an invention patent, it is often impossible to raise funds or carry out other activities that are beneficial to the development of the enterprise . Some small and micro enterprises even applied for invention patents that went bankrupt before they were authorized.
From this point, it is really a pity.
Although the Intellectual Property Office has repeatedly said that it has accelerated the examination speed, and it can indeed be proved that the examination speed has been improved in terms of trademark examination, however, the examination of patents is relatively complicated, so the examination of patents is only vaguely proposed and shortened by three points. One of the review times.
However, there is no specific time limit. It can be long or short, especially in popular industries with patents, you need to wait slowly. Unpopular industries may fare better.
Patent applications must be made in advance!
