Tips For Foreign Applicants To Utilize Prioritized Patent Examination

Tips for Foreign Applicants to Utilize Prioritized Patent Examination

in China

Prioritized patent examination is an effective way in shortening examination cycle, benefits patent applicants, and may contribute to economic development, and it is often called a "green path". Since the State Intellectual Property Office of China (hereafter referred to as "SIPO") issued an "Administrative Regulations of Prioritized Patent Examination" (hereafter referred to as "Regulations") which took effect as of August 1, 2017, more and more domestic and foreign patent applicants are taking advantage of this prioritized patent examination system. Till the end of 2017, 29 patents entered the procedure of prioritized patent examination in front of the Reexamination Board of SIPO, and two design patents survived invalidations. Further, according to the statistics available at the website of Zhongguancun State Intellectual Property Model Park which represents Beijing Intellectual