Organization : State Intellectual Property Office
Type of Facility : SIPO China Patent Electronic Application System
Country: China
Website : http://english.sipo.gov.cn/application/
Electronic Patent Application : http://www.cponline.gov.cn/
SIPO China Patent Electronic Application System
Pursuant to Article 19 of the Chinese Patent Law, any foreigner, foreign enterprise or other foreign organization having no habitual residence or business office in China applies for a patent, or has other patent matters to attend to, in China, it or he shall appoint a patent agency designated by the Patent Administration Department Under the State Council to act as his or its agent.
Related : Intellectual Property Department Patent Application Process Hong Kong : www.statusin.org/26873.html
How to File PCT Application:
Does the Office accept the filing of documents by means of telecommunication (PCT Rule 92.4)?:
Yes, by facsimile machine
Which kinds of documents may be so transmitted?:
All kinds of documents
Must the original of the document be furnished in all cases?:
Yes, within 14 days from the date of the transmission, if the transmitted document is an international application or a replacement sheet containing corrections or amendments of an international application
No, only upon invitation in the case of other documents
Would the Office accept evidence of mailing a document, in case of loss or delay, where a delivery service other than the postal authorities is used (PCT Rule 82.1)?:
No
Competent receiving Office for nationals and residents of China:
China Intellectual Property Office or International Bureau of WIPO, at the choice of the applicant (see Annex C)
Competent designated (or elected) Office if China is designated (or elected):
China Intellectual Property Office (see Volume II)1
May China be elected?:
Yes (bound by Chapter II of the PCT)
Types of protection available via the PCT:
Patents, utility models
Provisions of the law of China concerning international-type search: None
Provisional protection after international publication:
(1) International application published in Chinese: the applicant has the right provided under Article 13 of the Patent Law to the requirement of the payment of an appropriate fee for the exploitation of the invention from the date of international publication.
(2) International application published in a language other than Chinese: the applicant has the right provided under Article 13 of the Patent Law to the requirement of the payment of an appropriate fee for the exploitation of the invention from the date of publication in the Chinese Patent Gazette of a translation into Chinese of the international application submitted by the applicant to the Office.
Time when the name and address of the inventor must be given if China is designated (or elected):
The indication of the inventor’s address is not required by the Office. The name may be in the request or may be furnished later. If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement within a time limit fixed in the invitation.
Name of Office: China Intellectual Property Office
Location and mailing address: 6 Xi Tu Cheng Road, Ji Men Bridge, Hai Dian District, Beijing,China
Telephone:
(86-10) 62 01 32 76 (general)
(86-10) 62 08 55 77 (PCT matters)
Facsimile machine:
(86-10) 62 01 96 15 (general)
(86-10) 62 01 94 51 (PCT matters)