China IP ProCHINA IP FIELD NOTES
Briefings for international businesses, creators, law firms and IP agencies—written to clarify filing choices, portfolio risk and the next useful question.
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Understand first and subsequent office-action response periods, electronic service, extension requests and original-disclosure limits in ordinary Chinese invention-patent examination.
A signed agreement does not complete a China IP ownership transfer. Learn the different trademark and patent effective dates, record-change checks and practical handoff steps.
Manage the China invention patent examination deadline: confirm the priority-based three-year clock, the request and applicable fee, and evidence for a clear counsel handoff.
Prepare a China design patent application as a foreign company. Check ownership, applicant details, six-month priority, filing documents and direct versus Hague routes.
A U.S. provisional can start the priority year for a China invention or utility model filing. Check the 12-month deadline, disclosure support, applicant and route.
If an invention was substantively developed in mainland China, check China’s confidentiality-examination requirement before any foreign or PCT filing.
Choose between a China invention patent, utility model or qualifying same-day dual filing by the claim scope, examination route and 2026 abandonment rule.
Prepare clear China design patent drawings for whole products, partial designs and GUIs. Check view consistency, claimed portions, color, priority and the brief explanation before filing.
Planning a product reveal, crowdfunding campaign, or trade show? Review public disclosure, earlier filings, and China patent timing before the launch materials go live.
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