SIPO decides to make the following amendments to Guidelines for
Patent Examination.
1. Amendment on Section 4.2, Chapter 1 of Part II
The following new paragraph has been added to paragraph 2,
Section 4.2 Chapter 1 of Part II.
Claims concerning business models shall not be excluded of its
possibility of being granted with patent rights in accordance with
Article 25 of China Patent Law, as long as such claims contain both
business rules & methods and technical features at the same
time.
No other changes are made to this section.
2. Amendments on Section 2, Chapter 9 of Part II
Change "computer programs recorded in mediums (such as
tapes, discs, optical discs, magnetic optical discs, ROM, PROM,
VCD, DVD, or other computer-readable mediums)" in point (1) of
Section 2, Chapter 9 of Part II into "computer programs per se
recorded in mediums (such as tapes, discs, optical discs, magnetic
optical discs, ROM, PROM, VCD, DVD, or other computer-readable
mediums)".
