According to the provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Priority Examination of Invention Patent Applications:
Applications for invention patents that can be examined in priority include:
(1) Important patent applications involving energy conservation and environmental protection, new generation information technology, biology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, new materials, new energy vehicles and other technical fields;
(2) Important patent applications involving low-carbon technologies, resource conservation and other contributions to green development;
(3) The patent on the same subject is applied for the first time in China, and it is applied for the first time in other countries or regions;
(four) other patent applications that are of great significance to the national interests or public interests and need priority examination.
The applicant shall submit the following materials when handling the priority examination procedures:
(1) A request for priority examination of an application for a patent for invention signed by the intellectual property offices of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
(2) a search report in a prescribed format issued by a unit with patent search conditions, or a search report and examination results issued by a patent examination institution in other countries or regions and its Chinese translation.