国知局发布《关于施行修改后专利法的相关审查业务处理暂行办法》
As the implementation rules for the Amended Patent Law are still
under revision, the CNIPA has released the Interim Measures for the
Processing of Patent-Related Examination Businesses for the
Implementation of the Amended Patent Law (“Interim
Measures”), which will be effective from 1 June
2021.
Article 6 of the Interim Measures states that as of 1 June 2021,
for publicly announced invention patents and new drugs approved for
marketing, the patentee may, in accordance to Article 42(2) and (3)
of the Amended Patent Law, file a request for extension of the term
of the patent right within three months and pay the relevant fees
according to the payment notice issued by the CNIPA. The CNIPA will
examine the request after the implementation of the revised
implementation rules for the Amended Patent Law.
