14/01/2014

Current Awareness

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Government Policies [1][1]China signed joint statement with Britain on pilot PPH program

Adopted Legislation [1][1]SIPO further promotes the patent application qualityTop....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Government Policies[1]

China signed joint statement with Britain on pilot PPH program[State Intellectual Property Office]...After Premier Li Keqiang had a talk with British Prime Minister David Cameron on December 2, theyboth witnessed the signing of 10 cooperation documents between the two countries on investment,technological innovation, finance, justice, culture and health, etc. State Intellectual Property Office(SIPO) and UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) signed the Joint Statement on Pilot Patent
Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program. It is learnt that Sino-UK PPH pilot program will kick off on July1, 2014. So far, British enterprises in China have submitted 24221 invention patent applications. FromJanuary to October this year, British enterprises in China have submitted over 1500 patent applications.

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Adopted Legislation[1]

SIPO further promotes the patent application quality[State Intellectual Property Office ]...On December 18, the Opinions of the State Intellectual Property Office on Further Improving theQuality of Patent Application were issued. The Opinions proposed that, on the basis of playing theleading role of the indicator of "patents owned per ten thousand people", more indicators will beincorporated into the regional patent work evaluation indicator system. As to the patent funding policy,
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the Opinions put forward that the general patent funding policy shall be targeted at supporting the small
and the weak; and the special patent funding policy shall be targeted at supporting the excellent. On thebasis of improving the output and performance, the local regions shall be promoted to input more fundand gradually transfer the support priorities from general funding to special funding. In addition, tofully play the incentive and guiding role of the patent rewarding policy, the Opinions also put forwardthat the patent rights and inventors who have made outstanding contribution to technologicalinnovation and patent technology industrialization shall be rewarded.

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