Recently, the 9th Joint Experts Group for Trial and Appeal (JEGTA) among CNIPA, JPO and KIPO Video-conference was held online. The Video-conference  was hosted by KIPO IPTAB. Mr. Liu Ming, Deputy director of the Reexamination and Invalidation Department of the Patent Office (PRD) CNIPA, led the delegations of CNIPA to participate online.

Amid the conference, CNIPA, JPO and KIPO made a comparative study on Fast-track trial/appeal proceedings and Supplementary Experimental Data and discussed the exchange of statistical data. The three parties also confirmed that after the conference, a comparative study report will be written and published, which will provide valuable information for users all over the world.

The trilateral exchanges among trial and appeal boards of CNIPA, JPO and KIPO began in 2013. Since then, the three parties have discussed patent reexamination and invalidation system in depth and achieved fruitful results, offering significant reference on law and regulation amendment related to patent reexamination and invalidation, examination policy and standard determination, as well as the process optimization.

(The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department Reported and photographed by Tian Lili )