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Documents required 要求的文件 Letter of instructions; 说明书 Information about applicant and designer 申请人和设计者信息 Executed Power of Attorney (within three months); 履行中的委托书（三个月内） Documents concerning the design 有关设计的文件 Set of drawings or photographs 成套图片或照片 Explanation of main parts 主要部分的解释 Priority documents (if claimed); 优先权文件（如果要求优先权） Procedure 程序 Formality examination 官方审查 1st publication (18th month from filing date) 第一次公布（自提交申请日期期第18个月） Substantive examination: on request of applicant within 3 month from filing/ priority date 实质性审查：根据申请在提交申请/要求优先权日期起三个月内 Voluntary amendment: 自愿修正 when filing request for substantive examination, or 提交申请进行实质性审查，或者 within 3 months from notice of entering the substantive examination issued by SIPO. 收到SIPO签发的进入实质性审查通知奇三个月内 Registration formalities: 2 months from receiving granting notice (registration fee, annual fee, maintenance fee and stamp tax for patent certificate) 注册官费：自收到授予通知起两个月内（注册费、年费、维护费和专利证书印花税） Granted 2nd publishing 授予专利和第二次公布 Protection of Industrial designs 工业品外观设计的保护 Must be registered in order to be protected 必须通过注册获得保护 To be registered, must be new or original 进行注册，该外观设计必须是“新的”或“原创的” registration process varies from country to country 国与国间的注册程序不同 Must be capable of being reproduced by industrial means (industrial application) 必须能够用工业手段实现（工业应用性） Must be possible to apply to an article (two-dimensional or three-dimensional) 必须可以应用于一件物品（二维或三维） Must be published 必须公开 Possible to protect under copyright or unfair competition law 可以用著作权法或反不正当竞争法来保护 Term of Protection 保护期 Varies from country to country 国与国之间不同 Typically 5 years 典型的保护期为5年 Possibility of renewal up to 15 to 25 years 可以续展至15年至25年 TRIPS agreement: minimum duration 10 years. TRIPS协议的最低要求为10年 Worldwide pro