China News Service, Beijing, June 23 (Reporter Sun Zifa) Wang Peizhang, Director of the Public Service Department of the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China, revealed on the 23rd that the State Intellectual Property Office continued to optimize the patent and trademark electronic application system. As of the end of May this year, trademark and patent online applications The rate reached 99.45% and 99.43% respectively.
The State Intellectual Property Office held a press conference on IP public services in Beijing that afternoon. Wang Peizhang made the above remarks when answering questions from the media.
He said that over the past year, the State Intellectual Property Office has focused on the needs of the public, and in the field of intellectual property public services, has continued to deepen the reform measures of "delegating power, delegating power, combining delegating power, optimizing services", and stimulated the innovative vitality of market players.
The first is to implement precise policies to ease the difficulties in the innovation and development of enterprises.
The whole process cycle of trademark registration in general cases can be shortened to 7 months.
The average review and trial periods for trademark opposition and rejection review were reduced to 11 months and 5.5 months respectively.
Expand the scope of online disclosure of administrative ruling documents, and realize the full incremental disclosure of patent review invalidation and trademark opposition review decision documents.
In the first five months of this year, a total of 16,000 patent reexamination invalidation decisions and 217,000 trademark documents were published.
The second is to accelerate the standardization, standardization and facilitation of public services.
The intellectual property business acceptance window "one-window all-in-one" covers all provincial capital cities.
A total of 277 local trademark acceptance windows have been set up across the country, effectively opening up the "last mile" of intellectual property public services.
We continued to optimize the patent and trademark electronic application system. As of the end of last month, the online application rates for trademarks and patents reached 99.45% and 99.43% respectively.
Fully implement electronic certificates for patents and trademarks to further shorten the time for the right holder to obtain the certificate.
The third is to continuously meet the differentiated and diversified needs of innovative entities.
As of the end of last month, a total of 149 trademarks were under rapid examination.
In the first five months of this year, a total of 2,918 remote patent trials were carried out; a total of 5 trademark circuit review tribunals were established, and 41 trademark circuit reviews were completed.
Launched a pilot sharing of patent rights evaluation reports on e-commerce platforms, shared more than 50,000 verification evaluation reports, and handled more than 900 rights filing disputes and disputes.
Beijing, Zhejiang and other places have realized the whole process of patent priority examination online.
Wei Baozhi, director of the examination business management department of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, pointed out that patent examination is the source of patent protection, and the State Intellectual Property Office has taken multiple measures to promote patent examination work.
In terms of improving quality and efficiency, first, establish a patent examination management mechanism oriented to national needs and user satisfaction, and seek benefits from management.
The second is to optimize the allocation of review resources, actively explore new models such as working group review, and seek motivation from innovation.
The third is to launch an intelligent retrieval system, accelerate the application of new technologies such as the Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence, and seek efficiency from technology.
The fourth is to do a good job in controlling the source of patent applications, crack down on abnormal patent application behaviors, and strengthen comprehensive management.
In terms of serving innovation and entrepreneurship, firstly, various review modes such as priority review, rapid review, centralized review, and delayed review are comprehensively used to meet diverse needs.
The second is to realize "one-stop service" for patent applications, "one number for external consultation" for consultation, and comprehensively implement electronic patent certificates to enhance the sense of acquisition of market players.
The third is to join the Hague Agreement on the International Registration of Industrial Designs to facilitate the global layout of Chinese applicants' designs.
The fourth is to provide convenient and efficient relief measures for market entities affected by the epidemic, and open a green channel for patent applications related to the epidemic to help epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development.
Wei Baozhi said that as of the end of last year, China's high-value patent review cycle had been reduced to 13.3 months, achieving the goal set by the State Council ahead of schedule.
By the end of this year, it will ensure the completion of the reduction target task of the invention patent examination cycle, and provide stronger support for the continuous creation of a good innovation environment and business environment.
Li Chang, deputy director of the Trademark Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, said that for a long time, the State Intellectual Property Office has made great efforts to promote the reform of trademark registration facilitation, and insisted on the "full service" of trademark online public services. Currently, 37 businesses have been handled online.
At the same time, it also provides applicants with "one-stop services" such as trademark inquiry, payment, announcement, consultation, electronic service, publication of rulings, and publication of registration certificates through China Trademark Network.
The online trademark application procedure is simple, the system is open for a long time, and is not subject to geographical restrictions, which can greatly reduce the time, economic and labor costs of the application.
In addition, the online application system is supplemented with detailed application guidelines, which can effectively reduce the probability of rejection and corrections, and improve application efficiency.
As of the end of May this year, the online application rate for trademark registration business has reached 99.45%, and the number of online application users has reached 279,000.
In order to further improve the level of online public services for trademarks, the Trademark Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, on the basis of the online processing of trademark registration, change, transfer, renewal and other services, has successively realized trademark refusal review, trademark objection, invalidation declaration, and continuous revocation in 2020. The online application function for registered trademarks shall not be used for three years.
According to statistics, in the first five months of this year, applicants submitted 89,300 applications for re-examination of rejection through the online application system, accounting for 69.14% of the total number of applications for re-examination of rejection, an increase of 5 percentage points compared with the same period last year; submitted for revocation without using registered trademarks for three consecutive years There were 53,500 applications, accounting for 86.76% of the total number of applications, an increase of 23 percentage points over the same period last year.
At the same time, online applications for back-end businesses such as trademark opposition and invalidation have also shown an increasing trend. Both the number and proportion of online applications have nearly doubled compared to the same period last year.
Li Chang pointed out that in the next step, the bureau will continue to expand the business scope of trademark online public services, and realize the "one-stop handling" of trademark review and adjudication cases.
At the same time, it will continue to optimize online trademark services, comprehensively enhance the public service capabilities and facilitation level of online trademarks, and provide services for the majority of market players.
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