China's National Intellectual Property Administration targets 15.5-month patent review time in 2023, improving standards for AI, big data, and gene tech patents.

China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) aims to reduce patent application review process time to 15.5 months in 2023, following a 16-month processing time in 2023. The CNIPA plans to improve patent examination standards in fields such as big data, AI, and gene technologies, and expand the scope of review. In 2023, China authorized 921,000 invention patents with an examination accuracy rate of 94.2%.

April 09, 2024
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