China update: Advantages of selecting the European Patent Of

China update: Advantages of selecting the European Patent Office (EPO) as International Searching Authority (ISA) for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications - Intellectual Property


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The Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration
(CNIPA) has established a two-year pilot cooperation with the
European Patent Office (EPO) for patent applications filed under
the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
With effect from 1
st December 2020, nationals and
residents of the People's Republic of China including its
Special Administrative Regions Hong Kong and Macau are allowed to
designate EPO, other than CNIPA, as their International Searching
Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority
(IPEA) for international applications filed in English under the
PCT. This pilot cooperation is available to 2500 applications in

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