CNIPA Exploring Use Of AI To Improve Patent Examination

Recently, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) briefed on the relevant situation of using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve patent examination at a regular press conference in June 2025 and the serial themed press conference on "high-quality completion of the 14^th Five-Year Plan".

In 2022, the CNIPA launched the work on the construction of a patent intelligent examination and search system in an effort to continuously improve system functions in conjunction with the iterative upgrade process of artificial intelligence. In January 2023, the new examination system officially went online, delivering such technical functions as online translation, graphic recognition, and intelligent comparison, enabling examiners to reduce repetitive work and focus on addressing technology issues in their examination for the purpose to improve the examination quality and efficiency.