Numbering system - China
Document and kind codes
Invention patents
Laid-open publications
GONGKAI |
公开 |
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SHENQING GONGBU |
审定公布 |
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Examined/granted documents
SHENDING GONGGAO |
审定公告 |
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SHOUQUAN GONGGAO |
授权公告 |
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SHOUQUAN GONGGAO (from April 2010) |
授权公告 |
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Utility models
GONGGAO |
公告 |
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SHOUQUAN GONGGAO (1993 to April 2010) |
授权公告 |
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SHOUQUAN GONGGAO (from April 2010) |
授权公告 |
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Designs
GONGGAO |
公告 |
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SHOUQUAN GONGGAO |
授权公告 |
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SHOUQUAN GONGGAO |
授权公告 |
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Number formats
yyyy t nnnnnnn.n application numbers |
(before October 2003: yy t nnnnn.n)
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t nnnnnnnn publication numbers |
(before August 2007: t nnnnnn*) |
(*NOTE: Before April 2010, applications and granted documents were published with different numbers. Nowadays, the same number is used for both publication stages. Therefore, in cases where the application was published before August 2007, the old number format is kept for the granted document.)
Types of patent right (t)
1 - patent for invention
2 - patent for utility model
3 - patent for design
8* - PCT application (patent) entering national phase in China
9* - PCT application (utility model) entering national phase in China
(* types 8 and 9 are only used in application numbers)