Guide to Patent Examination Part I Chapter I An inventor may request the Patent Office not to publish his name. When filing a patent application, if the name of the inventor is requested not to be published, it shall be marked "(Not to publish the name)" at the back of the corresponding inventor filled in the "Inventor" column of the request. After making a request not to publish the name, if it meets the requirements after examination, the Patent Office will not publish its name in the patent bulletin, patent application pamphlet, patent pamphlet and patent certificate, and indicate the words "Request not to publish its name" in the corresponding position, and the inventor shall not request to publish its name again.