Which patents can be examined first?

From August, 20 17, the Patent Office will provide a fast examination channel for applications for patents for inventions, utility models and designs that meet the requirements according to the Administrative Measures for Priority Examination of Patents. Application for priority review includes the following six aspects: patent applications can request priority review:

(1) involves energy conservation and environmental protection, next-generation information technology, biology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, new materials, new energy vehicles, intelligent manufacturing and other national key development industries;

(two) industries encouraged by the people's governments of provinces and districts;

(3) involving the Internet, big data, cloud computing and other fields, the technology or product update speed is fast;

(4) The applicant for a patent or the applicant for reexamination has made preparations for the implementation or has started the implementation, or there is evidence to prove that others are implementing their invention-creation;

(5) The first patent application filed in China and the first patent application filed in other countries or regions on the same subject;

(six) other matters of great significance to the national interests or public interests that need to be reviewed first.