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Frequently Asked Questions About Patent
1.What is a patent?
2.How many types of patent protection are provided in China?
3.What is the duration of a patent in China?
4.Which subject matters can not be granted a patent?
5.What kind of invention or utility model or design can be granted a patent?
6.What is the priority?
7.What is the file system in the Chinese patent application?
8.Which language does my application need to be file in China?
9.What is the deadline for entering the national phase application based on PCT application?
10.When will a patent application be published in China?
11.When shall the applicant file a request for a substantive examination?
12.Whether can the applicant proceed with amending the application on his or its own initiative after filing an application?
13.What criteria are used to determine the scope of a patent protection?
14.If an application is rejected, what shall the applicant do?
15.Who may declare a patent invalidation?
16.Whether does the patentee mark the patent number on the products?
17.How to file a patent application for foreign entities and individuals?
18.If a patent is infringed, what can the patentee do?

 

11.When shall the applicant file a request for a substantive examination?
  In order to initiate the substantive examination procedure, the applicant of the patent application for invention must  
submit a formal request within three years from the Chinese filing date or the priority date, whichever is earlier. 
Otherwise, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. Besides, patent application for utility model and design is not required to be a substantive examination and will be issued automatically after preliminary examination.