Patent reform

There are two situations: a. An applicant for a patent for invention may propose amendments to the specification, claims and drawings on his own initiative under the following circumstances:

(1) When the applicant requests substantive examination of his application;

(2) Where a substantive examination is requested at the same time as the application is submitted, within 3 months after receiving the notice of entering the substantive examination procedure issued by the Chinese Patent Office.

(within one month after the PCT international application enters the national phase in China;

B. An applicant for a patent for utility model or design may, within 2 months from the date of application, propose amendments to the application for a patent for utility model or design.

All modifications shall not exceed the scope recorded in the description, claims and drawings of the original application.