State Intellectual Property Office
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The State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO), also known as the Chinese Patent Office, is the patent office
of the People's Republic of China
(PRC). It was founded on 1980, as the Patent Office of the People's Republic of China, the predecessor of SIPO. It is responsible "for patent
work and comprehensively coordination of the foreign related affairs in the field of intellectual property".
Patent office
A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant a patent or reject the patent application based on whether or not the application fulfils the requirements for...
of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
(PRC). It was founded on 1980, as the Patent Office of the People's Republic of China, the predecessor of SIPO. It is responsible "for patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
work and comprehensively coordination of the foreign related affairs in the field of intellectual property".
See also
- Baidu PatentsBaidu PatentsBaidu Patents, or Baidu Zhuanli is a Chinese free online patent search service, launched on 1 January 2008. The Baidu Patents search engine is the result of a collaboration between the China Patent Information Center , the Chinese Patent Office and Baidu...
- Intellectual property in the People's Republic of ChinaIntellectual property in the People's Republic of ChinaIntellectual property rights have been acknowledged and protected in the People's Republic of China since 1979. The People's Republic of China has acceded to the major international conventions on protection of IPRs...
- First Sino-American Forum of Intellectual Property Rights
External links
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- English search functions on the Experimental Platform of Patent Information Services (official search service on Chinese patents) - see also: Searching in databases - China (European Patent Office web site)