Article 3 The behavior of abnormal patent applications referred to in these regulations refers to:?

1. The same unit or individual submits multiple patent applications with obviously identical content;?

p>

2. The same unit or individual submits multiple patent applications that clearly plagiarize existing technologies or existing designs;?

3. The same unit or individual submits multiple patent applications with different materials, components, Patent applications that are simply replaced or pieced together with matching parts;?

4. The same unit or individual submits multiple pieces of experimental data or patent applications with obvious technical effects;

5. The same Units or individuals submit multiple patent applications that use computer technology to randomly generate product shapes, patterns or colors;

6. Help others submit or a patent agency submits on behalf of the patent agencies mentioned in items 1 to 5 of this article types of patent applications.

Extended information:

The National Conference of Directors of Intellectual Property Offices deployed key tasks for 2019, pointing out that comprehensive supervision in the field of intellectual property should be further strengthened, and abnormal patent applications and trademark hoarding should be severely cracked down on. Malicious registration behavior. The meeting emphasized that 2019 is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the first year after the completion of the reform of intellectual property institutions. We must focus on nine aspects of work.

1. Further strengthen intellectual property strategic planning and macro-coordination, and do a good job in formulating the outline of the intellectual property power strategy for 2035.

2. Further improve the quality and efficiency of intellectual property review, and continue to improve review business capabilities.

3. Further increase the protection of intellectual property rights and improve the working system of strict protection, large-scale protection, quick protection and simultaneous protection.

4. Further promote the comprehensive use of intellectual property rights and improve the intellectual property operation service system.

5. Further improve intellectual property public service capabilities and open up “information islands” and “data chimneys”.

6. Further strengthen comprehensive supervision in the field of intellectual property and severely crack down on irregular patent applications, trademark hoarding, and malicious registration.

7. Further deepen international cooperation on intellectual property and actively participate in global governance of intellectual property.

8. Further consolidate the foundation for the development of intellectual property rights and carry out extensive popularization of intellectual property education and law.

9. Conscientiously implement the central government’s strategic deployment of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, and solidly promote party building and the construction of party style and clean government.

State Intellectual Property Office - "Several Provisions on Regulating Patent Application Activities" (2017)

State Intellectual Property Office - "Several Provisions on Regulating Patent Application Activities"

< p>China Court Network-State Intellectual Property Office: Strictly crack down on irregular patent applications and other behaviors