Patent Certificates No Longer Containing Patent Pamphlets

On February 22, 2018, State Intellectual Property Office released an announcement informing that patent certificates and the duplicates thereof will not include patent pamphlets as of April 24, 2018.

Starting from the date of grant announcement, the patentee and the public could browse and download the corresponding patent pamphlet at the Chinese patent publication and grant announcement platform (http://epub.sipo.gov.cn) of the State Intellectual Property Office.

The State Intellectual Property Office will adjust the composition of patent certificate and the duplicates thereof in the following three steps:

For the patents granted during the period from March 2, 2018 (including the day) to April 24, 2018 (excluding the day), the patent certificates will comprise the first page of the certificate and the title page of the patent pamphlets.