Director China National Intellectual Property Administration's order
(no.13)
According to the guiding ideology that China's patent industry standards serve the public, the national macro-decision-making and the management of industry management departments, and in order to promote the standardization of patent application, examination and publication in China, the Code Standards for Patent Applicants and Patentees (Units) are formulated, which are hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of 2002 1 month 1 day. director general
200 1 year 1 1 month 1 day * * People's Republic of China (PRC) intellectual property industry standard.
(ZC000 1-200 1)
Code standard of patent applicant and patentee (unit)
(200 1 1 1 released and implemented.
Issued by China National Intellectual Property Administration, People's Republic of China)
1. Introduction
1. 1 general rules
In order to promote the standardization of patent application, examination and publication in China; In order to cooperate with and serve the automation system construction of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, examiners can better serve the applicants. Ensure the standardization of computer-readable documents submitted by patent applicants and patentees (units) under the electronic application mode, ensure the unification of the names of patent application units, and facilitate the confirmation of the uniqueness of the identity of the applicant units; It is also conducive to the convenient input of patent application documents into the computer database, which is convenient for the public to retrieve and realize the exchange and sharing of patent information; This standard is specially formulated. 1.2 Basic principles for formulating code standards for patent applicants and patentees
1.2. 1 advanced principle. The standards formulated should conform to the development direction of international advanced technology and meet the development needs of related businesses in China National Intellectual Property Administration.
1.2.2 Simple and practical principles. The standard should be simple and practical, in line with the specific situation of China National Intellectual Property Administration, with low implementation cost and easy implementation.
1.2.3 principles of openness and maintainability. The established standards should be open, easy to maintain, easy to modify and expand.
1.2.4 fully draw lessons from the existing standard principles. In principle, existing international standards, national standards and ministerial standards should be followed and adopted. Can not be used directly, according to the specific circumstances to modify. 1.3 code standard principles for patent applicants and patentees:
1.3. 1 the principle of uniqueness and fixity of the code. Both the patent applicant code and the patentee code are unique and fixed. A code only corresponds to one applicant or one patentee, and each code is not used by others with the disappearance of its owner's legal significance. Thus making the code easy to use and manage.
The coding method of 1.3.2 code is a practical principle. According to clause 1.2.2 of this standard, the coding method of the code should not only be beneficial to the internal compilation, implementation, management and maintenance of the management department, but also be convenient for external personnel and institutions to understand and use, and strive to be simple and practical.
1.3.3 principle of continuous improvement. This standard should be constantly improved according to actual needs, which is beneficial to users. 1.3.4 standardization principle of patent terms. China National Intellectual Property Administration, China has annotated and published the relevant terms of the code standards for patent applicants and patentees. China National Intellectual Property Administration, China has the final right to interpret the patent terms.
1.3.5 code uses the principle of continuity. When the patent right is not transferred or inherited, the patentee code directly follows the patent applicant code. When the patent right is transferred, the unit or individual whose patent right is reconfirmed according to law will only be given the code by the code manager if it does not have its own patent applicant code. 2. Scope of application
This standard applies to:
The applicant and the patentee applying for a patent in China are entities.
Patent approval process manager.
Other users of this standard.
3. Terms and definitions
The following terms and definitions are adopted in this standard, and the normative opinions are given by China National Intellectual Property Administration, China.
Patent applicant: a person who submits an application for a patent for invention, utility model or design to the Patent Office in China National Intellectual Property Administration, China, and requests to be granted a patent right, including a unit or an individual.
Patent holder: a unit or individual who filed an application for invention-creation and was granted a patent right by the Patent Office of China National Intellectual Property Administration, China. A unit or individual who is legally confirmed to have a patent right due to transfer, gift or inheritance is also a patentee.
Unit: an organization that is established according to legal procedures, has certain organizational structure and independent (or independent) property, has civil rights and capacity for civil conduct, and can independently enjoy civil rights and undertake civil obligations in its own name according to law. A unit shall meet the following conditions: (1) It shall be established according to law; (2) Having necessary property or funds; (3) Having its own name, organization and place; (4) Being able to bear civil liability independently.
Code: use a number, a group of letters or a combination of numbers and letters to represent an object with a fixed meaning. Code of country, region and intergovernmental organization: The code of country, region and intergovernmental organization specified in Annex A of WIPO standard ST.3 (Annex A, section 1) shall be adopted. (See Appendix 1 for details)
Uniqueness: one code can only represent one patent applicant and patentee, and one patent applicant and patentee can only be represented by one code.
Fixity: a code indicates the patent applicant and patentee, and once the code of a patent applicant and patentee is determined, it will not change.
Large serial number: a group of consecutive numbers starting from a specific number, where the latter number is one greater than the previous one.
Check bit: a number, a letter or a combination of numbers and letters calculated from a number, a group of letters or a combination of numbers and letters (referred to as source data for short). When source data and parity bits are transmitted or written together, it is possible to check whether there are errors during transmission or writing.
Patent approval process manager: a person who processes, manages and maintains the application documents and related materials in the process of patent application acceptance, approval and process management.
Code Manager: The manager appointed by China National Intellectual Property Administration, China to be responsible for a certain type of patent code. 4. Code standards for patent applicants and patentees (units)
4. 1 coding rules
Use 2 Arabic letters and 8 Arabic numerals as the codes of patent applicants and patentees (units). Note: Two Arabic letters indicate the codes of countries, regions and intergovernmental organizations; The first 7 digits in the 8-digit Arabic numerals are the large serial numbers, and the last 1 digits are the check bits.
Illustration: (The following examples are all fictitious, and if there are similarities, it is purely coincidental)
China Intellectual Property Press: cn00001118.
4.2 Code giving and management
The code administrator designated by China National Intellectual Property Administration gives the codes of the patent applicant and patentee according to the above 4. 1 rule.
The code administrator designated by China National Intellectual Property Administration shall manage the code according to the above 1.2 and 1.3. 5. The responsibility of the code manager
The code manager establishes an effective running environment for the code standards of patent applicants and patentees. Its specific responsibilities are:
According to the above 4. 1 rule, give the patent applicant and patentee (unit) codes;
Responsible for the management and maintenance of code set;
Ensure the uniqueness and fixity of the code;
Explain the definitions of specification terms and code standards;
Put forward suggestions for improvement.
6. This standard was promulgated and implemented by China National Intellectual Property Administration.
6. 1 Publication of code standards for patent applicants and patentees (units) This standard was promulgated on 200 111October1day.
6.2 Implementation of code standards of patent applicants and patentees (unit)
6.2. 1 implementation of standards This standard was formally implemented on June 65438+ 10/2002. If changes are needed, they will be notified separately through the revision of this standard.
6.2.2 The implementation of standard supervision standards shall be supervised by China National Intellectual Property Administration Standardization Committee.
6.2.3 Standard Improvement China National Intellectual Property Administration Standardization Committee will review the improvement suggestions put forward by code managers, and formulate new code standards for patent applicants and patentees (units) when necessary. Appendix 1: country, region and intergovernmental organization codes
Appendix 1, 200 1 year 1 month/day of China National Intellectual Property Administration, People's Republic of China: country, region and intergovernmental organization code.
Afghanistan ..................... AF Afghanistan
African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) .......
OA African intellectual property organization
African regional industrial property organization.
AP African Industrial Property Organization
Albania, ..............................., Albania
Algeria ............................... DZ Algeria
Andorra ............................. AD Andorra
Angola .............................. ao Angola
Anguilla ... Anguilla, ........................
Antigua and Barbuda .................. ag Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina ............................ ar Argentina
Armenia .............................. am Armenia
Aruba, ah Aruba, ................................
Australia, ........................... and Australia Union
Austria .............................. is in Austria.
Azerbaijan .......................... AZ Azerbaijan
Bahamas ............................. Bahamas.
Bahrain .............................. BH Bahrain Island
Bangladesh .......................... BD Bangladesh
Barbados ............................ bb Barbados
Belarus .............................. Belarus
.............................., Belgium is Belgium.
Belize .............................. BZ Belize
Benelux Trademark Office (bbm) and Benelux Design Office (bbdm)bx Benin .................................... bj Benin.
Bermuda, BM, .............................
Bhutan .............................. BT Bhutan
Bolivia ............................. Bo Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina .............. Ba Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana ............................ BW Botswana
Bouvet Island BV Bouvet Island, .......................
Brazil .............................. br Brazil
Brunei Darussalam .................... Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria ............................ BG Bulgaria
Burkina Faso ........................ BF Burkina Faso
Burundi .............................. Bi Burundi
Cambodia ............................ KH Cambodia
Cameron ............................ cm Cameroonian
.............................., Canada California, Canada
Cape Verde ......................... CV Cape Verde.
Cayman Islands ...................... ky Cayman Islands
Central African Republic ............ CF Central Africa
Chad ............................. TD Chad
Chili ............................... CL Chile
China ............................... cn China
Columbia ............................ Columbia Co.
Comoros ............................. km Comoros
Congo (see Congo, below; Democratic Republic of Congo)
Congo * * * Republic of Congo
Cook Islands ... CK Cook Islands, .....................
Costa Rica. ........................ Cr Costa Rica
c？ C? te d 'Ivoire ...................... C? te d 'Ivoire
Croatia ............................. HR Croatia
University of Cuba in ................................, Cuba
Cyprus .............................. CY Cyprus
Czech Republic ...................... cz Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ................ KP Korea
CD in ....................., Democratic Republic of Congo
Denmark ........................... DK Denmark
Djibouti ............................. DJ Djibouti
Dominic ............................ Dominic
Dominican Republic ... be Dominica and the Republic of China.
East Timor ..................... TP East Timor
Ecuador ......................... EC Ecuador
El Salvador ..................... SV El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea ............. GQ Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea .............................. Eritrea
Estonia .............................. ee Estonia
Ethiopia ............................. et Ethiopia
Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) ........................... Electronic Arts Game Company
European community trademark
Office (see internal market coordination office)
European patent office
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) ................ FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands .................. Faroe Islands.
Fiji .............. Fiji FJ
Finland .............................. fi Finland
France ............................... France
Gabon ................................. ga Gabon
Gambia ................................ General Motors Gambia Company
............................., Georgia General Electric Georgia Company
Germany ......................... Germany
Ghana ................................ GH Ghana
Gibraltar .......................... GI Gibraltar
Greece ............................... GR Greece
Greenland ........................ GL Greenland
Grenada ............................ GD Grenada
Guatemala ........................ gt Guatemala
Guinea ................................ GN Guinea
Guinea Bissau .................. GW Guinea Bissau
Guyana ............................... Gy Guyana
Haiti ..................................... HT Haiti
Pope ............................. VA Vatican
Honduran ......................... HN Honduras.
Hong Kong (see Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)
People's Republic of China (PRC)) China.
Hungary ............................. Hu Hungary
Iceland ............................... is Iceland.
India ..................................... is in India.
..........................., Indonesia ID Indonesia
World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau ........................ IB, wo World Knowledge.
International Bureau of WIPO
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ....................... IR Iran
Iraq ............ IQ Iraq
..............................., Ireland is Ireland.
Israel .................................. il Israel
Jamaica ............................... JM Jamaica
Japan ................................... JP Japan
Jordan ................................ joe jordan
Republic of Kazakhstan ....................... kz Kazakhstan
Kenya .................................. KE Kenya
Kiribati ................................ KI Kiribati
North Korea (see Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Republic of Korea)
Kuwait ................................ KW Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan ...................... kg Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic ... La Laos
Latvia .................................. LV Latvia
Lebanese .............................. LB Lebanese
Lesotho .............................. ls Lesotho
Liberia ................................. lr Liberia
Libya ........................... Ly Libya
Liechtenstein ................... Lee Liechtenstein
Lithuania ............................ Lithuania lt
Luxemburg ..................... Luxemburg
Macau .................................. Mo Macau
Macedonia (see the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
Madagascar ..................... mg Madagascar
Malawi ................................ MW Malawi
Malaysia ............................. My Malaysia
Maldives ............................. MV Maldives
Mali ............ ML Mali
..................................., Malta, Mount Malta
Mauritania ......................... Mr Mauritania.
Mauricio ........................... Mu Mauritius
Mexico ................................ MX Mexico
Moldova (see Republic of Moldova)
Monaco .............................. MC Monaco
Mongolia ........................... Mn Mongolia
Montserrat ..................... Ms. Montserrat
Master of Moroccan Literature, ..........................., Morocco
Mozambican ..................... MZ Mozambique
Myanmar (Southeast Asian countries) ............................ mm Myanmar
Namibia ............................... Namibia
Nauru ................................. NR Nauru
Nepal .................................. NP Nepal
Netherlands ................... NL Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles ............................ Netherlands Antilles
New Zealand .................... NZ New Zealand
Nicaragua ......................... ni Nicaragua
Nigeria ............................... ng Nigeria
Member of the northern mariana islands, northern mariana islands, ..................
.............................., Norway No, Norway.
Office of Internal Market Coordination (Trademark and Design) (OHIM) Eastern Mediterranean, .............
Oman ................................... Om Oman
Pakistan ............................ PK Pakistan
Palau Islands .................................. PW Palau Islands
Panama ............................... PA Panama
Papua New Guinea .......... PG Papua New Guinea
Paraguay .......................... py Paraguay
.............., the Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, has a Ground Clearance.
Peru .................................... PE Peru
Philippines ........................ Philippines PH
Poland ............................... PL Poland
Portugal .......................... PT Portugal
Qatar ................................. Qatar Qatar
Republic of Korea kr Korea
............................. MD Moldova, Republic of Moldova
Romania ............................. ro Romania
Russian Federation ..... Russian Federation
Rwanda .............................. RW Rwanda
St Helena .................... sh St Helena.
Saint Kitts and Nevis .............................. KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia Island ........................ LC Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ........... VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa ................................. WS Samoa
San Marino ....................... SM San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe ........................... Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia ..................... sa Saudi Arabia
Senegal ............................. SN Senegal
Seychelles ...................... SC Seychelles
Sierra Leone ................... SL Sierra Leone
Singapore ......................... SG Singapore
Slovakia ............................ sk Slovakia
Slovenian ............................ Slovenian
Solomon Islands ........... SB Solomon Islands
.............................., Somalia, so Somalia.
South Africa ................... ZA South Africa
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands ... South Georgia and South Sandwich Island.
Spain .................................... es Spain
Sri Lanka ............................ lk Sri Lanka
Sultan .................................. SD Sultan
Suriname ............................ Sr Suriname
Swaziland .......................... SZ Swaziland
..............................., Sweden, southeastern Sweden
Switzerland ..................... ch Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic .............................. SY Syria
Taiwan Province, China, ...................., Taiwan Province, a province of China.
Tajikistan .......................... TJ Tajikistan
Tanzania (see United Republic of Tanzania)
Thailand ............................. Thailand th
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ................ People's Republic of China (PRC) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Togo .................................... TG Togo
Tonga, .................................. to Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago ............................... TT Trinidad and Tobago ................................ TN Tunisia
Turkey ................................ tr Turkey
Turkmenistan ................... TM Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands ..................... TC Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu ................................ Tuvalu Television
Uganda .............................. UG Uganda
Ukraine .............................. UA Ukraine
United Arab Emirates ............................. AE United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ............... United Kingdom
..............., United Republic of Tanzania tz Tanzania.
United States of America, ....................., United States, United States.
Uruguay ............................ uy Uruguay
Uzbekistan ....................... Uz Uzbekistan
Vanuatu ............................. Vu Vanuatu
Vatican City State (see Holy See)
Venezuela ......................... ve Venezuela
Vietnam, ............................., Vietnam
Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, ...........................
Western Sahara eh Western Sahara
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
(International Bureau) ............. World Intellectual Property Organization Yemen ................................. Yemen
Yugoslavia ....................... Yugoslavia in
Zambia ................................ ZM Zambia
Zimbabwe ........................... ZW Zimbabwe