April 21, 2021

On June 30, the Second inspection group of the CPC Central Committee conducted a routine inspection of the Leading Party Members' Groups of the Intellectual Property Office. On August 20, 2020, the CPC Central inspection group reported the inspection opinions to the Party Leading Group of the Intellectual Property Office. The rectification has the following key points:

Second, we will continue to make strict and concrete reforms to ensure that the comments and corrections made in the central government's inspections are fully implemented

1. So far, 68, or 76 percent, of the 89 rectification tasks have been completed, and other rectification tasks are in progress. The rectification tasks involved the formulation or revision of 27 systems at bureau level or above, of which 24 have been formulated or revised and issued, and the remaining three systems are progressing steadily in accordance with the completion time specified in the task division and the list of responsibilities.

2. By the end of 2020, the examination period for high-value patents has been reduced to 14 months, the overall examination period for invention patents has been reduced to 20 months, and the average examination period for trademark registration has been reduced to 4 months, which is more than half of that at the beginning of the 13th Five-Year Plan. The examination quality improved steadily, with the completion accuracy rate of invention patent examination reaching 92.2 percent, and the acceptance rate of sample examination of trademark registration reaching 96.7 percent.

3. Strengthen the control of low-quality patent applications and low-quality trademark applications. In 2020, 14,600 applications for malicious trademark registration that were not intended for use were rejected according to law. Local governments are urged to optimize relevant policies to avoid improper funding. Strengthen positive publicity and guidance, and create a good environment for high-quality development of patents and trademarks in the whole society.

4. Up to now, the page views of the platform have reached 400,000; A "green channel" for patent and trademark applications related to epidemic prevention and control was opened, and a total of 2,020 patent applications and 345 trademark applications were quickly examined.

5. The Opinions on the Implementation of Strictly Cracking down on Malicious Trademark Registration Applications Not for the Purpose of Use was formulated, and a joint working mechanism was established to form a working situation of cracking down on trademark chaos throughout the whole process. In March 2021, a special action was launched to combat malicious trademark squatting to severely crack down on malicious trademark squatting acts that seek improper interests, disrupt the order of trademark registration administration and cause great adverse social impact. Actively revise the trademark examination and hearing standards and plan to solicit public opinions in the near future.

6. At present, there are 24 intellectual property management certification agencies in China.

Leading Party Members' Group of the National Intellectual Property Administration of the CPC

April 20, 2021

Source: Website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervisory Commission

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