What Are Abnormal/Junk Patent Applications

On March 11, 2021, CNIPA announced its statement to crack down on "abnormal" patent applications and specifically define abnormal patent application behaviors.

The following types of behaviors are referred to as abnormal patent application behaviors:

1. Simultaneously or successively submitting multiple patent applications that are obviously the same in invention-creation content, or are essentially formed by simple combinations and changes of different invention-creation features or elements;
2. The submitted patent application contains fabricated, forged or altered inventions and creations, experimental data or technical effects, or plagiarism, simple replacement, patchwork of existing technology or existing designs, etc.;