On the morning of October 25, heads of SIPO and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hold talks in Beijing, and the two offices sign a cooperative memorandum of understanding. SIPO Commissioner Tian Lipu and USPTO Director Jon Dudas sign the Memorandum.

 

SIPO Commissioner Tian Lipu

During the talks, Mr. Tian reviews the cooperation projects launched by the two offices in the past, including examiner exchanges, conjunctive retrieval, jointly holding seminars and exchanges of automation expert panels, saying that the two offices have deepen friendship on the basis of the successful cooperation. Mr. Tian points out that the two offices have established unblocked and close cooperation in extensive areas and should continue to deepen the sound bilateral cooperation. Mr. Tian stresses that with the development of IP systems, SIPO and USPTO are facing the same challenges, and there is still a large potential of future cooperation. He hopes the two offices can further strengthen communications to consolidate and explore cooperation in other fields.

 

USPTO Director Jon Dudas

Mr. Dudas notes that Commissioner Tian's deep understanding and unique perception upon IP system is one of the important factors of the rapid development of SIPO. SIPO is playing an increasingly important role on the world IP stage, and USPTO hopes to conduct deep cooperation in other extensive fields with SIPO to further improve the working efficiency.

The memorandum covers many cooperation projects such as examination business, automation, jointly holding seminars and dispatching examiners to each other's office. The signing of the memorandum can help SIPO and USPTO to maintain the continuity of long-term cooperation.

Heads of related functional departments of SIPO International Cooperation Department and Patent Office, and John Doll, Commissioner for Patent of USPTO attend the talks and the signing ceremony.

 

2008-11-06

2008-11-06