Premier Zhu Rongji Puts Forward Requirements for Intellectual Property Work

Commissioner's Summary

I. Protecting Intellectual Property Rights -Creating the Future Today

1. Decisions and Attitudes of the Chinese Government
2. Message from The World Intellectual Property Organization On the first World Intellectual Property Day-April 26,2001
3. The first "World Intellectual Property Day" in China
4. Implementation of the Protection Regulation of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits - expanded the IP protection scope of China, further in line with the TRIPS of WTO: New functions of SIPO were increased.
5. China started to implement the revised Patent Law and its Implementing Rules
6. The National Conference on Patent Work 7. Major Events: (listed in sequence of occurrence)

II. Patent Application and Examination

1. Applications of Patents for Inventions in the New and High Technological Field
2. Patent Applications
3. Distributions of Regions, Industries and Countries regarding Patent Applications
4. Distributions of Patent Applications in Different Technological Fields
5. Examination of Patent Applications
6. Analysis and Forecast on Aiguille Technologies in the Field of Petroleum Engineering
7. Analysis and Prospect on Patent Applications Related to Digital TV Technologies
8. Analysis on Liquid Crystal Displaying Technologies and Forecast on Patent Applications
9. Analysis and Prospect on Domestic and Foreign Patent Applications in the Field of Biotechnology

III. PCT International Applications

1. Receiving and Handling of PCT International Applications
2. PCT International Searching
3. PCT International Preliminary Examination
4. Establishment of PCT Searching Files
5. PCT International Applications Entering the Designated and Elected Office

IV. Applications and Registration Publication of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

V. Reexamination and Invalidation

1. Requests for Reexamination and Cases Closed
2. Requests for Invalidation and Cases Closed
3. Summary on Requests for Reexamination and for Invalidation and Cases Closed
4. Patent Administrative Litigation

VI. Patent Adminstration

1. Patent Pilot Work in New and High Technology Developing Zones
2. Research on Patent Strategies and Policies
3. Policy Formulating Work
4. Patent Administration in Ministries and Commissions
5. Patent Management in Enterprises and Institutes
6. Patent Asset Evaluation
7. Preparing to Establish China Patent (Protection) Association
8. Promoting Model Projects for Industrialization of Patented Technologies
9. Administration on Patent Contracts and Issuance of Certificates for Advertisement of Patents
10. Exhibition of Patented Technologies
11. Patent Pilot Cities
12. Selection of China Patent Awards

VII. Legal Affairs

1. Patent Legal Affairs
2. Adminstration on Patent Agent
3. Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
4. Administrative Reconsideration

VIII. Patent Administrative Enforcement

IX. Publicity, Training and Academic Activities

1. Publicity
2. Training
3. Academic Activities

X. Automation

XI. Patent Documentation Service and Intellectual Property Publications

1. Patent Documentation Service
2. Intellectual Property Publications

XII. International Activities

1. Further Strengthening Foreign-related IP Coordination
2. Multilateral Cooperation
3. Bilateral Cooperation
4. Others

XIII. Organizational Chart

XIV. Statistics