No Patent Certificate Issued for Chinese Patent
2021-04-28
Borsam IP
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Recently, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Announcement on Matters Related to Electronic Patent Certificates and Electronic Seals of online filing of patent (No. 349). The announcement states that the CNIPAwould no longer issue patent certificates in paper form for patents which are granted on or after March 3, 2020.Instead, the CNIPA will issue electronic certificates through the online filing system. Patentees can still request paper copy of certificates through the official patent online filing system if needed.
Also, according to the Announcement, electronic notifications and decisions have already been sent by the CNIPA from February 17, 2020 without official seal. The applicant may request to download the office action or decision with the electronic seal from online by filing a request.
Details of the Announcement
1. The CNIPA will no longer issue patent certificates in paper formfor patents whose grant publication dates are on or after March 3, 2020. Instead, the CNIPA will issue electronic certificates through the patent online filing system. If needed, the registered users of online filingsystem can submit a request through the official patent filing website (http://cponline.cnipa.gov.cn) to obtain a paper copy of patent certificates.
2. In the preliminary examinationstage,the seal of “Acknowledgement of patent application of the State Intellectual Property Office” is no longer printed on the notifications andchanged to “Patent Examination Business of the National Intellectual Property Administration” starting from February 17, 2020.
3. CNIPA will no longer provide paper copies of notifications and decisionsof online filing applications starting from February 17, 2020; for soft copy of notifications and decisions having been issued by CNIPA, if needed, the registered users of online filing system can request via the official patent online filing website to download notifications and decisions with electronic seals.
4. The user can verify the copy of patent certificates, notices and decision carrying an electronic seal on the official patent online filing website. For the operation process and verification guide, please refer to the help file on theofficial patent online filing website.
For the original official announcement, please refer to below figure:
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