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 (Chinese interface) (PDF, 430 KB)
• PSS - Retrieving Chinese documents (English interface) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• CPIC - Retrieving Chinese documents (PDF, 2 MB)
• SIPO - Monitoring Chinese publications by IPC classes (PDF, 493 KB)
• SIPO - Retrieving corrected Chinese documents (PDF, 674 KB)
  

English machine translation

• PSS - Retrieving a machine translation (PDF, 1.4 MB)

Legal status information

• SIPO - Legal status search in Chinese (PDF, 325 KB)
• SIPO - Retrieving information on fee payment (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• SIPO - Online file inspection via "China and Global Patent Examination Inquiry" (PDF, 2.1 MB)
• SIPO - Searching re-examination and invalidation decisions (PDF, 202 KB)
• PSS - Retrieving citation information (PDF, 1 MB)
  

Searching trade marks and designs

• CTMO - Searching Chinese trade marks (PDF, 421 KB)
• SIPO - Searching Chinese designs using classification (PDF, 464 KB)