China Patent Application | Chinese Patent Registration

  • Immediate Processing
  • Expert Patent Attorneys in charge
  • Ongoing updates of your Application

Patent Requirements

In order to apply and file for a patent in China you need to provide:

  1. Patent Information

    1. Name and address of the applicant. If it is a Company, place of incorporation
    2. Name, address and citizenship of the Inventor(s)
    3. Invention Title, Abstract of the Invention or Design
    4. Invention specifications / description
    5. Claims
    6. Formal Drawings
    7. Chinese translation of the specification is required
    8. Declaration of Inventors which does not need to be notarized
    9. Certified priority document, including priority number and country of origin, accompanied by a Chinese translation. Has to be filed within 3 months (the priority could be claimed if the foreign patent application was filed within 12 months).

  2. Power of Attorney

    Simple signed copy

  3. Assignment Document

    Only if applicant is different than the inventor.

Service Request - Queries

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Other Relevant Information

Patent in China

  • Concession of the Chinese Patent Grant: 20 years (from the filing date)
  • Concession of the Utility Model and Design Patents: 10 years
  • Approximate Patent Application processing time: 3 years
  • Member of the Paris Convention
  • China is a Member of the PCT
  • China Patent Office: State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO)

China Patent Process

  1. Patent Filing
  2. Publication: 18 months from the filing date or first priority date
  3. Examination: requested at any time within three years from the date of filing
  4. Acceptance (Notice of Allowance) or rejection
  5. Payment of the Issue fees
  6. The patentee shall pay an annual fee beginning with the year in which the patent right was granted