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Munich, 20 October 2020 – The President of the European
Patent Office (EPO), António Campinos, and the Commissioner of the China
National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), Dr Shen Changyu, today
announced that under a two-year pilot starting on 1 December 2020,
Chinese applicants will be able to designate the EPO as their International Searching
Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examination Authority (IPEA) for
applications filed in English under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
EPO President António Campinos said:
"This is a historic moment in our strategic co-operation with the CNIPA
and, I believe, a sign of trust in the high quality of our work. The EPO is
enormously proud to be the first office other than the CNIPA to be designated
as an ISA for Chinese applicants and we are committed to providing the best
possible service to applicants from China and worldwide".
CNIPA Commissioner Dr Shen Changyu commented: "China
attaches great importance to intellectual property work. Chinese businesses
consider IP protection to be a guarantee of core competitiveness and
sustainable development. The PCT/ISA pilot programme is one of the important
outcomes of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the CNIPA and the
EPO and will help applicants to acquire IP protection in Europe".
Read the joint communiqué here.
Notes
to the editor
The
two-year pilot between the EPO and CNIPA, which starts on 1 December 2020, will
enable nationals and residents of the People's Republic of China to select the
EPO as their ISA and IPEA for applications filed in English under the PCT.
The pilot
will be open to applicants filing with either the CNIPA or the World
Intellectual Property Organization's International Bureau (IB) as receiving
Office and limited to a total of 2 500 applications in the first
12 months and 3 000 applications in the second 12 months.
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About the EPO
With nearly 7 000
staff, the European Patent
Office (EPO) is one of
the largest public service institutions in Europe. Headquartered in Munich with
offices in Berlin, Brussels, The Hague and Vienna, the EPO was founded with the
aim of strengthening co-operation on patents in Europe. Through the EPO's
centralised patent granting procedure, inventors are able to obtain
high-quality patent protection in up to 44 countries, covering a market of some
700 million people. The EPO is also the world's leading authority in patent
information and patent searching.
