"Patent acceptance means that people engaged in patent work will refer to China's patent application acceptance notice as" acceptance "for short. When the applicant submits the full set of application documents to the State Intellectual Property Office in electronic or paper form, and the acceptance office of the State Intellectual Property Office examines the application and believes that the full set of application materials meet the acceptance conditions, it will issue the patent application acceptance notice and the supporting notice of fee reduction approval or notice of fee payment.
 The notification of acceptance of patent application is the supporting document for the official acceptance of the patent application submitted by the applicant by the State Intellectual Property Office, which records important information such as the application number, application date, applicant, name of invention creation, and the list of documents confirmed to be received by the State Intellectual Property Office. "
 Legal basis
 Article 2 "Invention creation" mentioned in this Law refers to invention, utility model and design.
 "Invention" means a new technical solution to a product, method or improvement thereof.
 The term "utility model" means a new technical solution to the shape, structure or combination thereof of a product that is suitable for practical use.
 The term "design" refers to a new design of the overall or partial shape, pattern or their combination, and the combination of color and shape, pattern of a product that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application.