Searching in databases - China

Tips & tricks for searching in databases

Easy, step-by-step instructions on how to use Chinese search interfaces without knowledge of Chinese. Click on the links below to download the respective search guides.

Number search and document retrieval

• SIPO -  Retrieving Chinese documents (PDF, 631 KB)
• CNIPR - Retrieving Chinese documents in a single operation (PDF, 692 KB)
• NEW: CPRS - Retrieving Chinese documents in PDF format (PDF, 363 KB)
  
• CNIPR - Monitoring Chinese publications by IPC classes (PDF, 667 KB)
• NEW: SIPO - Finding corrected Chinese documents (PDF, 481 KB)
  

English machine translation

• SIPO - Retrieving a machine translation (PDF, 393 KB)

Legal status information

• SIPO - Legal status search in Chinese (PDF, 323 KB)
• SIPO - Retrieving information on fee payment (PDF, 403 KB)
• SIPO - Searching re-examination and invalidation decisions (PDF, 308 KB)
• CNIPR - Retrieving citation information (PDF, 716 KB)
  

Searching trade marks and designs

• CMTO - Searching Chinese trade marks (PDF, 934 KB)
• SIPO - Searching Chinese designs using classification (PDF, 595 KB)
• CNIPR - Searching Chinese designs (PDF, 534 KB)