1. Patent Affairs in the P.R.C.

Necessary Documents for Filing an Application for a Patent for Invention:

A) Application documents for an application for a patent for invention (including description, claims, drawings and abstract);

B) An instruction letter indicating the title of the invention, name & address of the applicant, name & address of the inventor; where priority is claimed, it is required to provide the name of the country where the initial application was filed, date of priority and priority number; where the applicant and/or inventor is from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan or other countries where Chinese is used, the Chinese characters of the applicant and inventor’s title or name are required (if any);

C) A duly executed Power of Attorney (may be provided within two months from the date of receipt of the notification for correction from SIPO);

D) Where priority is claimed, the certified documents of priority are required; where the applicant in Mainland China is not the same applicant of the initial application, the assignment of priority or the notarized copy of the same is required (the certified documents and assignment of priority may be provided within three months from the filing of the application.


Necessary Documents for Filing an Application for a Patent for Utility Model:

A) Application documents for an application for a patent for utility model (including description, claims, drawings (required) and abstract);

B) An instruction letter indicating the title of the utility model, name & address of the applicant, name & address of the inventor; where priority is claimed, it is required to provide the name of the country where the initial application was filed, date of priority and priority number; where the applicant and/or inventor is from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan or other countries where Chinese is used, the Chinese characters of the applicant and inventor’s title or name are required (if any);

C) A duly executed Power of Attorney (may be provided within two months from the date of receipt of the notification for correction from SIPO);

D) Where priority is claimed, the certified documents of priority are required; where the applicant in Mainland China is not the same applicant of the initial application, the assignment of priority or the notarized copy of the same is required (the certified documents and assignment of priority may be provided within three months from the filing of the application.


Necessary Documents for Filing an Application for a Patent for Design:

A) An instruction letter indicating the name of the product associated with the design, name & address of the applicant, and name & address of the designer; where priority is claimed, it is required to provide the name of the country where the initial application was filed, date of priority and priority number; where the applicant and/or designer is from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan or other countries where Chinese is used, the Chinese characters of the applicant and designer’s name are also required (if any);

B) One set of drawings or three sets of photographs (front view, back view, top view, bottom view, left view & right view, and a perspective view (if available)) shall be provided; the size of the drawing or photo should be ≤15 x 22cm >3 x 8cm; where an application for a patent for design seeking concurrent protection of color is filed, three sets of drawing or photograph in color shall be provided; where what is provided is photograph, the background of the article shall be a single color against nothing else; in addition, a drawing or a photograph provided shall be of the orthogonal view.

C) A dully executed Power of Attorney (may be provided within two months from the date of receipt of the notification for correction from SIPO).

D) Where priority is claimed, the certified documents of priority are required; where the applicant in Mainland China is not the same applicant of the initial application, the assignment of priority or the notarized copy of the same is required (the certified documents and assignment of priority may be provided within three months from the filing of the application in the P.R.C.).


Necessary Documents for PCT Application Entering National Phase in the P.R.C.

A) An instruction letter;

B) A duly executed Power of Attorney (may be provided within two months from the date of receipt of the notification for correction from SIPO );

C) Front page and full text of the international publication;

D) International search report;

E) International preliminary examination report (if available);

F) Certified documents of the right of priority(referring to the situation in which no such documents have been submitted in the international phase, but priority is claimed in the national phase of the P.R.C.;

G) Assignment (if the applicant in the P.R.C. is not the same of that of the international phase);

H) Amendments in the international phase (where the applicant is willing to have the amendments as the basis for the examination in the national phase in the P.R.C.).