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发明专利申请程序简介 A Brief Introduction to the Process of Patent Application for Invention 依据专利法，发明专利申请的审批程序包括受理、初审、公布、实审以及授权五个阶段。 Under the Patent Law, the examination of patent application for invention consists of five stages: Filing; Preliminary Examination Procedure; Publication; Substantive Examination Procedure and Granting Patent Right. （1）受理阶段 ：专利局收到专利申请后进行审查，如果符合受理条件，专利局将确定申请日，给予申请号，并且核实过文件清单后，发出受理通知书，通知申请人。 （1）Filing The Patent Office starts examination upon receiving a patent application. If the application is in conformity with the requirement of filing, the Patent Office shall determine the filing date, give application number. After verifying list of documents, the Patent Office shall notify the applicant the acceptance of application by issuing the Filing Receipt for Patent Application. （2）初步审查阶段 ：经受理后的专利申请按照规定缴纳申请费的，自动进入初审阶段。在初审是要对申请是否存在明显缺陷进行审查，主要包括审查内容是否属于《专利法》中不授予专利权的范围，申请文件是否齐备及格式是否符合要求。发明专利申请初审合格的，将发给初审合格通知书。 （2）Preliminary Examination Procedure An accepted patent application will enter into the Preliminary Examination Procedure unconditionally while the application fees are paid by regulations. In this Procedure, the examination aims at obvious defects exists in the application. The main tasks are to examine whether or not the body of the application falls into the condition of not to be granted patent right under the Patent Law and whether or not the application documents submitted by the applicant are complete and are in conformity with the requirements of Preliminary Examination. If a patent application for invention is deemed to be conformity with the Preliminary Examination, the Patent Office shall issue the Notification of Passing Preliminary Examination. （3）公布阶段 ：发明专利申请从发出初审合格通知书起进入公布阶段。在初步审查合格之后，自申请日起满18个月，即行公布。专利局也可以根据申请人的请求早日公布其申请。申请公布以后，申请人就获得了临时保护的权利。 （3）Publication Upon issuing the Notification of Passing Preliminary Examination, the Patent Application for Invention enters into the Stage of Publication.