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Achievements of the 30 years of China's Accession to the PCT
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2024-10-30
In 2024,China celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of accession to the Patent Co-operation Treaty(PCT).
Over the past three decades,China has aligned its do-mestic legal framework with PCT international standards,continuously refining it.In 1993,China submitted its acces-sion document to the PCT,and on January 1,1994,the Provisions on the Implementation of PCT in China took ef-fect.To better integrate with the PCT system,China's Pat-ent Law and its Implemention Regulations have been undergone mul-tiple revisions,providing broader,stronger legal protection for both domestic and foreign innovators.
China's PCT examination capabilities have signifi-cantly advanced over these 30 years.The CNIPA has established a three-tier quality assurance system at the administration,department,and division levels,based on a PDCA(Plan-Do-Check-Act)quality man-agement cycle to maintain examination quality.Further-more,the CNIPA submits an annual PCT quality report to the WIPO,has a dedicated patent examination evaluation platform,and commissions third-party surveys on user satisfaction with PCT services,with user satisfaction consistently reaching new highs.
Strengthening the PCT examiner team has been key to ensuring quality and efficiency.The number of PCT examiners at the CNIPA has steadily risen,reaching 4,944 in 2023.These international and inter-disciplinary examiners,who pass advanced search proficiency and PCT certification tests,possess multilingual skills,forming the backbone of China's PCT ex-amination team.
China has played an active role in global IP governance within WIPO's framework,steadily expanding international coopera-tion and opening new chapters in PCT de-velopment.
Since China's patent documents were included in the PCT minimum documenta-tion in July 2012,the CNIPA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the WIPO in 2021 and adopted the RMB as the pricing and settlement currency for PCT-related inter-national fees.In 2023,the CNIPA pioneered the full digital ex-amination and processing of PCT international-stage docu-ments,advancing reforms in the PCT international publication system.All of these show that China contributes its wisdom and strength to the development of the PCT system.
During this period,the CNIPA has strengthened PCT coop-eration,establishing Patent Prosecution Highway(PPH)part-nerships with 33 countries or regions.Of these,more than 20 include expedited national-stage examination based on PCT international-stage results(PCT-PPH).Additionally,the CNI-PA has become the International Searching Authority and In-ternational Preliminary Examining Authority for PCT applica-tions of 12 countries,including India and Saudi Arabia,sup-porting patent protection for applicants from these countries.(Written by Zhang Binbin)
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