1, trademark registration query. Trademark inquiry ensures that there will be no conflicting trademarks (i.e. identical trademarks and similar trademarks). You can log on to the website of Bajie Intellectual Property Trademark Registration Network to see if any conflicting trademarks have been registered. Bajie Intellectual Property provides free trademark inquiry service; 2. Trademark registration inquiry. Trademark inquiry includes formal examination and substantive examination. It is very important to establish the application date in 3-4 months after the examination of trademark form. Because the principle of prior application is adopted in trademark registration in China, once the application date occurs, it becomes the legal basis for determining the trademark right. The substantive examination of a trademark takes about 9 months. The substantive examination of a trademark is a series of activities such as inspection, data retrieval, analysis and comparison, investigation and study, and decision to give preliminary approval or reject the application by the trademark registration authority. 3. Announcement of preliminary examination of trademark registration. The examination and approval of a trademark refers to the decision to allow its registration after the application for trademark registration has been examined, which conforms to the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law. And make an announcement in the Trademark Announcement. If no one raises any objection within three months from the date of publication of the preliminary examination and approval announcement, the trademark shall be registered and a registration announcement shall be published at the same time. If no one raises an objection within three months or if the objection is ruled invalid, the trademark will become effective and a registration certificate will be issued.