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Noteworthy Points in the Rules for the Implementation of China's Patent Law 2023

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Recently, the new Rules for the Implementation of Patent Law (hereinafter referred to as "the Rules") has been approved and promulgated by the State Council, and will come into force on January 20, 2024. There are many...more

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Third Party Observation in Patent Prosecution in China

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In practice, companies regularly search the competitors's related published patent applications to determine whether they pose a threat to their own market activities. If necessary, companies can consider using the third...more

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[Webinar] The Request and Utilization of the PPH in China’s IP Practice - October 27th, 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm ET

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PPH, literally the Patent Prosecution Highway, is a procedure to facilitate the prosecutions in a national phase. The prosecutions can be accelerated, based on the allowed claims from the office of first filing. Or for short,...more

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The request and utilization of the PPH in China’ IP practice

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PPH, literally the Patent Prosecution Highway, is a procedure to facilitate the prosecutions in a national phase. More particularly, if an application has all or part of its claims allowed in one country, more precisely we...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Benefits and Considerations for Patent Prosecution Under Patent Prosecution Highway in Australia, Canada, South Korea, and Japan

This is the second article of the multi-part series discussing benefits of prosecuting patents under Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH. The first article can be accessed here. To recap, PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Benefits and Considerations for Patent Prosecution under Patent Prosecution Highway in the U.S., Europe, China, and Singapore

Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated by participating patent offices around the world to accelerate patent prosecution in countries of the participating patent offices. PPH allows the...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Overview of USPTO Webinar: Understanding Patenting in China

Patent protection in China has been a hot topic of discussion and strategy for U.S. companies. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) China team within the USPTO's Office of Policy and International Affairs is a...more

Perkins Coie

Two Paths for Accelerating Patent Prosecution in China

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In recent years, with the increase in patent applications filed in China, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has focused on expediting patent examinations to decrease the duration of the normal...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - September 2019

Use of Post-Filing Data to Support Patentability - The use of post-filing data to support patentability can be a mechanism to alleviate time pressures related to first-to-file patent regimes. However, the admissibility of...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - July 2019

Survey of Foreign Filing Requirements in the United States, China, and Europe - Many governments require approval of technical subject matter described in patent applications in the form of a foreign filing license prior...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - September 2018

A Survey of Third Party Observation Systems - Third party observations can be a cost-effective way of introducing prior art or arguments related to patentability of a published patent application. The September 2018 issue...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

A U.S. Perspective on Global Strategy

Total Chinese Patent Office Grants by Technology Sector. Please see full graph in article for more information....more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

The (Nuts and Bolts) of Application Formalities in China

China is in the midst of a tremendous patent boom. Worldwide, total patent application filings were up 7.8% in 2015, with China accounting for 84% of the total growth[1]. In 2015, the State Intellectual Property Office of the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

April 1, 2017 Revision of Chinese Patent Examination Guidelines may be Good News for Patentees

With continued extraordinary growth, including a record number of patent applications filed in a single year[1], the importance of intellectual property rights in China is undeniable. And so, all eyes are on the recent...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - April 2017

With the implementation of Revisions to the Chinese Patent Examination Guidelines on April 1, 2017, the April 2017 issue of Sterne Kessler's Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter includes information and practical tips for...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Rejection of Gilead Patent Raises Issues for Companies Seeking Pharmaceutical Patent Protection in China

Chinese patent prosecution recently made worldwide headlines when the press announced that the Chinese Patent Office (SIPO) rejected a Gilead Sovaldi prodrug patent. Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) is a breakthrough drug used to treat...more

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