In patent prosecution, reexamination or invalidation proceedings, the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) or the Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) undertakes examinations and informs the applicant, petitioner or patentee of its decisions (in...

As more and more innovators in China have developed new business models by making use of computer science andninternet technology, patent protection of software-related inventions has become one of the hottest topics in the intellectual property field in ...

In order to enrich and develop the situations for using the prioritized patent examination system, further shorten the examination cycle, improve the efficiency, as well as boost up Chinese economy, the Chinese Patent Office newly released the “Administra...

Along with the rapid growth of the Chinese patent filings, attention begins to focus on how to exploit the patent right in order to realize its utmost value in business. In the recent years, the Chinese government enacted and renewed the Laws and Regulati...