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Jun 01,2023
Read the European single patent (or unified patent, Unitary Patent,UP) that came into effect today.
Today is International Children's Day, and it is also the day when the European single patent (or unified patent, Unitary Patent, UP) system will enter into force after a long wait. This will make the bulk version of the European patent more concentrated, will have a profound impact on the European patent application process, the right to confirm the procedure and the protection of rights procedures.
Jul 03,2023
In the face of dying European patent applications, a choice for Chinese applicants-to convert European patents into European national patents.
By submitting a European patent application to the European Patent Office (EPO), the applicant can obtain a European patent after formal examination, search and substantive examination, and then obtain a patent right in a number of countries (including 39 contracting states, 1 extension country and 4 effective countries as of 2022) through the entry into force procedure.
Aug 07,2023
What happens if a patent application is identified as an abnormal patent application?
For the official definition of abnormal patent application, please refer to the measures on standardizing the act of applying for patents issued by the announcement No. 411 of the State Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter referred to as the relevant measures), and the guidelines for the determination and handling of abnormal patent applications issued by the State Intellectual Property Office on May 26, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the relevant guidelines).
Aug 23,2023
Patent Practice What is better for the inventor of a patent application?
Recently, because of a suspected abnormal case, the applicant (unit) was advised to prepare the resume of inventor A (to show the inventor's ability to make this invention). As a result, the applicant informed that the real inventor was B, not A, because B was inconvenient to show up and had to write another inventor, so he wrote A as inventor. To give the impression, the inventor determined to be more casual.
Sep 14,2023
A preliminary study on whether the content of WeChat circle of friends constitutes the judgment standard of disclosure in the sense of patent law.
This paper discusses the openness of WeChat circle of friends, puts forward the judgment criteria of combining the three elements of "subjective use element", "free circulation element" and "objective knowledge element", and gives suggestions on specific judgment methods.