How long will the invention patent be expedited? 202 1

It can be expedited as early as 1 year. China National Intellectual Property Administration promulgated the Measures for the Administration of Patent Priority Examination, which came into force on August 1 day, 2065438. If the applicant meets the requirements and the General Administration agrees to give priority to the examination, the application for a patent for invention shall issue a notice of the first examination opinion within 45 days, and the case shall be closed within one year.

patent law of the people's republic of china

Article 42 From the date of filing, the term of patent right for invention is 20 years, that for utility model is 10 year, and that for design is 15 year. Where a patent for invention has been granted for four years from the date of application for a patent for invention and three years from the date of substantive examination request, the patent administration department of the State Council shall, at the request of the patentee, compensate for the unreasonable delay in the process of granting the patent for invention, except for the unreasonable delay caused by the applicant. In order to compensate for the time occupied by the review and approval of new drugs, the patent administration department of the State Council shall compensate the patentee for the patent term of new drug-related invention patents that have been approved for listing in China. The compensation period shall not exceed five years, and the total effective patent right period after the new drug is approved for marketing shall not exceed fourteen years.

Article 43 The patentee shall pay the annual fee from the year when the patent right is granted.