The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA; ) is the patent and trademark office and primary intellectual property regulator of the
People's Republic of China
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Naming
The agency was founded in 1980 as the Patent Office of the People's Republic of China, before changing its name to State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) then to "National Intellectual Property Administration," and, in 2018, to China National Intellectual Property Administration as part of the
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History
SIPO established a database of patents granted for
traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medicine, alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no robust evidence ...
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As SIPO, the institution became the world's largest patent office in 2011.
To streamline the patent application process for patentees filing under both the Chinese and United States systems, SIPO and the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alex ...
(USPTO) established a
Patent Prosecution Highway The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a set of initiatives for providing accelerated patent prosecution procedures by sharing information between some patent offices. It also permits each participating patent office to benefit from the work previo ...
(PPH) pilot program on December 1, 2011.
See also
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Intellectual property in the People's Republic of China
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) have been acknowledged and protected in China since 1980. China has acceded to the major international conventions on protection of rights to intellectual property. Domestically, protection of intellectual p ...
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First Sino-American Forum of Intellectual Property Rights
References
External links
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''English search functions on the Experimental Platform of Patent Information Services'' (official search service on Chinese patents)
on the
European Patent Office
The European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation web site
1980 establishments in China
Organizations established in 1980
Patent offices
People's Republic of China intellectual property law
Science and technology in China
State Council of China
International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities
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