Latest Policy | In 2023, the examination period for invention patents will be reduced to 16 months

2023-04-03

Recently, the State Intellectual Property Office issued a notice on the "Annual Work Guidelines for Promoting the High-quality Development of Intellectual Property Rights (2023)". It is mentioned that the examination period of invention patents has been reduced to 16 months, and the accuracy rate of case closure has reached more than 93%. Under normal circumstances, the trademark registration cycle is stable at 7 months, and the pass rate of the substantive examination of trademarks is more than 97%. Give full play to the guiding and encouraging role of the evaluation of high-value invention patent indicators, and carry out the deduction of abnormal patent applications in the statistics of application volume on a regular basis. Cooperate with the Ministry of Justice to promote the completion of the revision of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law, and complete the adaptive revision of the Patent Examination Guidelines. Promote a new round of revisions to the Trademark Law and its implementing regulations. Promote the revision of the Measures for the Registration and Administration of Collective Marks and Certification Marks.

Source: Tencent.com