From filing to grant

Yes. If a foreign applicant, enterprise or organisation does not have a residential or business...

Any document submitted under the Chinese Patent Law and its Implementing Regulations must be in...

Yes. The priority term is 12 months from the earliest claimed priority. Multiple priorities are...

It is not possible at present to file a provisional application in order to get an early filing date...

Yes. Where an application contains two or more inventions, applicants may submit a divisional...

Applications for patents for invention are subject to substantive examination (novelty, inventive...

You must submit a request for examination within three years of the filing date or, if priority is...

Yes, you can. The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) will conduct a...

Yes, you can withdraw your application at any time before grant. Where the request for withdrawal is...