Rapid pre-examination means that local intellectual property protection centers provide pre-examination services for patent applications that meet the requirements of the corresponding industry, and the State Intellectual Property Office speeds up the examination of patent applications that pass the pre-examination of the protection center.

(Note: Individuals may not apply for expedited pretrial. Enterprises include independent legal person status of enterprises and institutions, research institutes, universities.

The characteristics of the expedited preliminary examination: (1) regionality and domain: the intellectual property protection center of the applicant's residence; The industry meets the technical industry scope in the hands of the corresponding protection center and falls into the corresponding IPC classification number. (2) Pre-review before the formal trial, whether it falls into the corresponding IPC classification, whether there are obvious form problems and new problems. (3) It must be announced as soon as possible, the application is submitted at the same time, the reply period is short, and the initiative cannot be modified.

Q2: What can not be expedited pretrial

(1) PCT application; (2) PCT applications entering the Chinese national stage; (3) Double application on the same day (same range); (4) Application by case; (5) Application for confidentiality review; (6) Low application quality and abnormal problems; (7) involving national security or major interests; (8) Applications submitted through ordinary channels; (9) Other circumstances prescribed by law.

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