This is quite a retirement home, but it is also a busy one.
Because patent application materials from all over the country are accepted here every day, and they are basically sent in a thick file.
The approval process will take at least a month, which does not include normal weekend breaks.
Patent applications also have different procedures.
Patents are based on invention patent applications and utility model and design applications.
Among them, the process and review of invention patent applications are relatively complicated. After the General Administration of State Intellectual Property Office accepts the application, it will conduct a preliminary examination and substantive examination to see whether the invention patent is innovative, etc., and then proceed with patent authorization and issue a patent certificate. The time from application to final issuance of the certificate is more than one month, because one month may only be the time for preliminary review, and the subsequent substantive review and other procedures are also quite troublesome and may take more than a year.
If it involves major technology or national defense technology invention patents, a panel of experts will even be organized to conduct a confidential review.
However, the application process for utility model and appearance applications does not have so many processes, generally only three stages.
Applications for these patents must be made online to the General Administration of National Intellectual Property. After filling in the electronic application materials, you will then check it yourself before sending it and waiting for notification.
If you want to apply for a patent, you must also comply with relevant domestic patent laws. If you apply internationally, you must comply with international patent laws.
The preparation of these procedures and documents also takes a lot of time. For this reason, many companies will choose patent agencies on the market that have both technical knowledge and reliable legal knowledge service capabilities to help with patent applications. p>
In this way, as long as our company provides some non-core leaked materials and documents, we can transfer the troublesome matter of patent application.
Nowadays, there are many companies that specialize in providing this kind of patent agency services.
Liu Guifang can be regarded as an old employee of the State Intellectual Property Office. Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye since she started working here.
Now that she has been promoted to the level of director, she usually conducts secondary examinations of patent documents, and instructs her subordinates on how to conduct preliminary examinations and other procedures.
Liu Guifang stretched, stood up, opened the window, and let the sunlight and air flow into the office, which immediately made her feel much better.
She has been busy with work recently, and she also has some back pain.
Usually I just make tea and make some refreshing snacks.
She picked up her thermos cup and took a sip of the special hot tea specially prepared by her husband, which was mainly made from chrysanthemum, platycodon, japonicus, sturgeon, licorice, and honeysuckle.
After all, in the winter in the imperial capital, the air is dry and cold, and it is inevitable to have dry mouth and tongue. This health-preserving hot tea is just right for warming the body, clearing away heat, detoxifying and soothing the throat.
"Dong dong!"
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Liu Guifang, who was leaning against the window and looking at the scenery, responded: "Come in!"
A female assistant in simple attire walked in holding a document.
"Director, there is an urgent document here that needs your processing. It seems to be a major invention patent."
"Let me see."
Liu Guifang put down the thermos cup and took the file to browse.
This...is this a patent application for confidential technology of extreme ultraviolet lithography light source?
The document in her hand was officially a technology patent application sent from Suiren Technology, but it did not show the core information, but it actually had the endorsement of the director of Changguang Mechanical and Electrical Research Institute.
This seal and related information are absolutely infallible.
If this is true...it will significantly change the current passive situation of the country in the field of semiconductor technology.
"You go back to work first. I will explain this matter to Director Li."
Liu Guifang asked her assistant to return to work first.
Then she sorted out the application documents, walked out of the office, and went to Director Li's office.
Director Li was processing documents. When he saw Liu Guifang walking in, he raised his head and asked:
"Director Liu, what's the matter?"
"That's it, Director..."
After Liu Guifang handed him the document, she briefly explained it to him.
Director Li, who was looking through the documents, also had a slightly condensed expression.
If this technology patent is true, it will indeed play a decisive role in the country's scientific and technological development.
"Send someone here to convene a group of experts to conduct a review at Suiren Technology, and this time it will not be disclosed to the public for the time being."
"I know."
Afterwards, Liu Guifang left.
Director Li also reported the matter to his superiors at the same time.
The superiors were also slightly shocked and urged Director Liu to send people to do a good job of expert confidentiality review. If there are any difficulties, they can provide feedback at any time.
Soon after Liu Guifang received the approval document from Director Li, she immediately contacted domestic experts and authorities in relevant fields and summoned them for a meeting.
At the meeting, she also passed a copy of Suiren’s patent application to them.
These experts exclaimed again and again.
"Is this extreme ultraviolet light source technology?"
"How is that possible?"
"This company called Suiren Technology is actually a private enterprise!"
"The performance parameters displayed are actually much better than ASML's extreme ultraviolet light source."
The experts at the scene were very excited and discussed in a chatter.
Liu Guifang has a headache. In the past, people often said that a woman is equivalent to five hundred ducks, but this is not always true. The same goes for men, especially these excited experts.
So, she quickly asked everyone to calm down temporarily.
"Experts, we have also contacted Suiren Technology. They seem to have finished products of extreme ultraviolet light sources and lithography optical systems. Now according to the arrangements of our superiors, we will go to Suiren Technology the day after tomorrow.
Technical review, but it will not be made public for the time being, thank you for your hard work!"
After saying that, Liu Guifang stood up and bowed slightly to everyone.
After all, these experts also have their own scientific research tasks and have made a lot of contributions to the country. Some of them have professorships in universities. Now that they are asked to go to Suiren Technology for review, this group of technical teams is naturally indispensable.
She is just an administrator and does not understand these technical principles, so whether it is true or false requires evaluation and review by this group of experts.
"Director Liu is very polite. If this is the case, we will prepare in the next two days."
"Yeah, I don't know, what is the real level of the extreme ultraviolet light source of Suiren Technology?"
"If it is really as stated in the application materials, then our high-end lithography machine may not be able to produce it."
"Well, I hope Suiren Technology will not disappoint us."
Then, everyone broke up and left together, while discussing the content of the meeting in low voices.
However, when they return home or school, they cannot reveal the censorship activities based on the principle of confidentiality.