Legal analysis: There are different types of educational patents, including invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. Therefore, the first step in applying for an education patent is to search for the patent and determine the type of the patent. Step 2, fill in the patent application request, patent application fee reduction request, etc. , and prepare all the application materials. Step 3: Submit the application materials and wait for the acceptance notice and patent application number issued by the Patent Office.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law.

Article 7 No unit or individual may suppress an inventor or designer's application for a patent for non-service invention-creation.

Article 8. Unless otherwise agreed, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the unit or individual that jointly completed the invention or creation or was entrusted by other units or individuals to complete the invention or creation. After the application is approved, the applicant unit or individual shall be the patentee.

Article 9 Only one patent right can be granted for the same invention-creation. However, if the same applicant applies for a patent for utility model and a patent for invention at the same time on the same day, and the patent for utility model obtained earlier has not been terminated, and the applicant abandons the patent for utility model, the patent for invention may be granted. Where two or more applicants apply for a patent for the same invention-creation, the patent right shall be granted to the first applicant.