The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has added the Global Patent Examination Information Inquiry into the China Patent Examination Inquiry, so as to meet the inquiry demand of public users and examiners in and abroad on patent examination information. The Global Patent Examination Information Inquiry is scheduled to be officially released on May 18th, 2015.

The Global Patent Examination Information Inquiry is used for retrieving examination information of Inventions filed in European Patent Office (EPO), Japan Paten Office (JPO), Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C. (SIPO). By logging in the system and entering into the search interface of the system, a user can retrieve the patent family information of the application, and can retrieve the application and examination information of the inventions filed in EPO, JPO, KIPO, USPTO and SIPO via inputting application number, publication number and priority number.

With the releasing of the Global Patent Examination Information Inquiry, the prosecution history of the patent families of inventions from EPO, JPO, KIPO, USPTO and SIPO can be made available to the general public in a consolidated manner. Accordingly, the inquiry efficiency of public users can be highly improved, and the dissemination and utilization of patent examination information can be further enhanced.

The URL of the Global Patent Examination Information Inquiry is http://cpquery.sipo.gov.cn/. (Ge Yun)

2015-05-20

2015-05-20