What is utility model patent

A patent for utility model refers to a new technical solution to a product's shape, structure or combination thereof, which is suitable for practical use. It is also called a small invention or a small patent. The utility model is limited to products with a certain shape, and cannot be a method or a product without a fixed shape; The shape of a product refers to the definite spatial shape of the product that can be observed from the outside. For example, change the shape of hand-held electric tools or add protective covers to make the work more efficient or safer.
Many people think that the invention point is too small to apply for a patent, and some invention points are indeed not enough to apply for an invention patent, but they can apply for a utility model patent, for example, just the arrangement and combination of the current order of parts, the enlargement or reduction of a component, lengthening or shortening, and the components are reconnected in a new way. As long as the technical invention point is more practical than before, a utility model patent can be applied for.

Function of Utility Model Patent Application

1. Great practical value
2. Short review time
3. Lower charge than invention patent

Data, process and time required for utility model patent application

1. Basic information
Personal name application: copy of ID card, copy of ID card of the first inventor; If it is necessary to handle the cost mitigation, the Patent Cost Mitigation Request (signed by the applicant) shall be provided.
Enterprise name application: copy of business license, copy of organization code certificate, and copy of ID card of the first inventor; If it is necessary to handle the cost mitigation, provide the Patent Cost Mitigation Certificate (sealed by the local intellectual property office)
2. Technical data: patent technical disclosure
3. Power of Attorney for Patent Agency
Process and time:
Entrusting Huazhi Zeming as the agent of invention patent takes about 10 days to write application documents and submit them to the State Intellectual Property Office for examination, which takes about 4
About 6 months, depending on the actual situation.
For the overall application process, the customer only needs to provide the above information, and Huazhi Zeming is fully authorized to handle the patent application procedures.
Protection period of invention patent application: 10 years from the date of application.

Why choose Huazhi Zeming as an agent for patent application

Patent agencies are preferred for patent applications. Although the requirements for utility model patents are not as strict as those for invention patents, they must be familiar with the patent law to better protect technology.
Beijing Huazhi Zeming Intellectual Property Agency Co., Ltd. has patent agents in various fields to serve different customers' technological inventions in different fields. Moreover, the patent agent has written patent documents of well-known enterprises such as Alibaba Tencent Youku, and has rich writing experience.
The company can send intellectual property professionals to settle in the enterprise to guide the enterprise in training, establishing systems, risk analysis and early warning, and preparing response plans.