Presentation of the Chinese Delegation on Its Proposal March 15 to 17, 2011 Moscow.

Presentation of the Chinese Delegation

on Its Proposal

March 15 to 17, 2011 Moscow

By December 31, 2010, an

accumulated amount of

patent applications for

inventions and utility models

in China has approached

4.75 million, including

2,330,264 applications for

invention patent and

2,417,384 applications for

utility model.

* Data from SIPO statistics.2

The Chinese patent documentation has formed an important component part of the global prior art

From 1985 to 2010, the number of patent applications in China has maintained rapid increase.

In 2010, the number of Chinese invention patent

applications reached 390,000, ranking the 2nd among all

countries.

In 2010, the number of Chinese PCT applications

exceeded 12,000, ranking the 4th among all countries.

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The Chinese patent documentation has formed an important component part of the global prior art

The proportion of the Chinese patent documentation in the total of global patent documentation has been experiencing a sharp rise.

The source for these figures is the "WIPO Statistics on Patents", which may be found at:

http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/patents/ 4

According to the

statistical data

published by WIPO, the

invention patent

applications in China in

1985 accounted for

0.9% of the world total

that year, and then

rose to 18.2% in 2009.

The Chinese patent documentation has formed an important component part of the global prior art

Since 2003, the number of Chinese domestic applications has remarkably exceeded that of foreign ones.

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The Chinese patent documentation has enriched and broadened the content and scope of global prior art

* Data from SIPO statistics.

Chinese organic fine chemistry technology

Chinese telecommunications technology

Chinese digital communication technology

Chinese Audio-visual technologyChinese food chemistry technology

Chinese basic communication processes technologyChinese environmental technology

Chinese civil engineering technology

PCT Minimum

The Chinese patent documentation has enriched and broadened the content and scope of global prior art

According to the statistics

published by WIPO, the number of

PCT applications from China in the

field of digital communication

amounted to 20% of the global

PCT applications in this area.

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The technical information contained in most of the Chinese domestic

applications can only be obtained by searching the Chinese patent

documentation.

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The Chinese patent documentation has enriched and broadened the content and scope of global prior art

For PCT international authorities, searching the Chinese

patent documentation will contribute to improvement of both

the quality and completeness of PCT searches.

The quality of Chinese patent documentation data processing has been constantly improved

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48 foreign IP offices and relevant international organizations, including 9 PCT ISA and IPEA have already had access to the Chinese patent documents.

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Chinese patent documentation has been digitized and can be searched and obtained online

Search in English

English Abstracts

Machine-translated

specifications

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Chinese patent documentation has been digitized and can be searched and obtained online

http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/

Chinese patent documentation has been digitized and can be searched and obtained online

* Data from SIPO statistics.

In 2010, the total

amount of visits to

the official website

of SIPO by foreign

users has reached

77.34 million.

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In 2010, the total

amount of visits to

the patent search

column of the official

website of SIPO by

foreign users is 62.21

million.

Chinese patent documentation has been digitized and can be searched and obtained online

* Data from SIPO statistics.12

Rule 34Minimum Documentation

34.1 Definition (a) and (b) [No change] (c) Subject to paragraphs (d) and (e), the “national patent documents” shall be the following: (i) [No change] (ii) the patents issued by the Federal Republic of Germany, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federation, (iii) to (vi) [No change] (vii) the Utility Models of the People’s Republic of China. (d) [No change] (e) Any International Searching Authority whose official language, or one of whose official languages, is not Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian or Spanish is entitled not to include in its documentation those patent documents of Japan, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the former Soviet Union as well as those patent documents in the Spanish language (f) [No change]

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