Basic situation of the working rules for accepting patent applications in the agency of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office

Notice of China National Intellectual Property Administration Municipality on Printing and Distributing the Working Rules for Accepting Patent Applications by the Agency of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office

All relevant local intellectual property offices and patent agencies:

The Interim Measures for the Acceptance of Agency Patent Applications of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office are hereby issued, please follow them.

I hereby inform you.

China National Intellectual Property Administration

Press release issued on May 6, 2007/KLOC-0.

Working Rules of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office Agency for Accepting Patent Applications

These Provisions are formulated in accordance with the Patent Law and its implementing rules and review guidelines in order to standardize the behavior of the agency of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the agency) in accepting patent applications.

In the process of accepting patent applications, the agency shall abide by the relevant confidentiality provisions and complete the acceptance of patent applications with high quality and efficiency.