The State Intellectual Property Office implements the Party Central Committee’s guidelines, policies and decisions on intellectual property work, and adheres to and strengthens the Party’s centralized and unified leadership of intellectual property work in the process of performing its duties. The main responsibilities are:

(1) Responsible for formulating and organizing the implementation of national intellectual property strategy. Formulate major policies and development plans to strengthen the construction of an intellectual property power. Formulate and implement management policies and systems to strengthen the creation, protection and use of intellectual property.

(2) Responsible for protecting intellectual property rights. Formulate and organize the implementation of a system for strictly protecting intellectual property rights such as trademarks, patents, geographical indications of origin, and integrated circuit layout designs. Organize the drafting of relevant laws and regulations, formulate departmental regulations, and supervise their implementation. Research intellectual property protection, management and service policies that encourage innovation in new fields, new business formats and new models. Research and propose plans for the construction of an intellectual property protection system and organize their implementation to promote the construction of an intellectual property protection system. Responsible for guiding trademark and patent enforcement work, guiding local intellectual property dispute handling, rights protection assistance and dispute mediation.

(3) Responsible for promoting the use of intellectual property rights. Formulate policies for the use and regulation of intellectual property transactions to promote the transfer and transformation of intellectual property rights. Standardize the evaluation of intellectual property intangible assets. Responsible for work related to patent compulsory licensing. Formulate policies and measures for the development and supervision of intellectual property intermediary services.

(4) Responsible for the review, registration and administrative ruling of intellectual property rights. Implement trademark registration, patent review, and integrated circuit layout design registration. Responsible for administrative rulings such as review and invalidation of trademarks, patents, and integrated circuit layout designs. Formulate a unified identification system for geographical indications of origin and organize its implementation.

(5) Responsible for establishing an intellectual property public service system. Build a national intellectual property information public service platform that is convenient for enterprises and people, and interconnected, and promote the dissemination and utilization of intellectual property information such as trademarks and patents.

(6) Responsible for the overall coordination of foreign-related intellectual property matters. Formulate policies for foreign-related intellectual property work and conduct foreign intellectual property negotiations according to division of labor. Carry out international liaison, cooperation and exchange activities on intellectual property work.

(7) Complete other tasks assigned by the Party Central Committee and the State Council.

(8) Functional transformation.

1. Further integrate resources, optimize processes, effectively use information technology, shorten the time for intellectual property registration, improve service facilitation, and improve review quality and efficiency.

2. Further relax access to the intellectual property service industry, expand the opening of the patent agency field, and relax restrictions on shareholders or partners of patent agencies.

3. Accelerate the construction of an intellectual property information public service platform, gather global intellectual property information, strengthen patent navigation by industry field, provide convenient query and consultation services for entrepreneurship and innovation, and realize free or low-cost information Open up and improve the whole society’s awareness of intellectual property protection and risk prevention.

4. Strengthen the credit supervision of trademark squatting, abnormal patent applications and other behaviors, standardize trademark registration and patent application behaviors, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of right holders.

(9) Relevant division of responsibilities.

1. Division of responsibilities with the State Administration for Market Regulation. The State Intellectual Property Office is responsible for the business guidance of trademark and patent enforcement work, formulating and guiding the implementation of trademark and patent rights confirmation and infringement judgment standards, formulating inspection, appraisal and other related standards for trademark and patent enforcement, establishing mechanisms, and implementing policy standards. Connection and information notification, etc. The State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible for organizing and guiding trademark and patent enforcement work.

2. Division of responsibilities with the Ministry of Commerce. The State Intellectual Property Office is responsible for coordinating foreign-related intellectual property matters. The Ministry of Commerce is responsible for multilateral and bilateral intellectual property external negotiations related to economy and trade, bilateral intellectual property cooperation consultation mechanisms, and coordination of domestic positions.

3. Division of responsibilities with the National Copyright Administration. Relevant copyright management work shall be carried out in accordance with the division of labor stipulated by the Party Central Committee and the State Council on copyright management functions.

The State Intellectual Property Office has the following internal institutions (deputy department level):

(1) Office.

Responsible for the daily operation of the agency, undertaking security, confidentiality, petitions, government affairs disclosure, informatization and other tasks. Undertake policy research work. Organize and carry out intellectual property publicity work and undertake the work of releasing important government information.

(2) Law Division. Coordinate and propose plans for the formulation and revision of international intellectual property treaties and related external negotiations on intellectual property. Propose drafts of relevant laws, regulations and rules. Responsible for the legality review of normative documents, administrative reconsideration, administrative response, etc. Formulate review policies and authorization confirmation judgment standards for trademarks, patents, geographical indications of origin, and integrated circuit layout designs, and organize the implementation of applications, acceptance, authorization, etc. Organize law popularization and publicity work.

(3) Strategic Planning Department. Formulate national intellectual property strategy and policies and measures to build an intellectual property powerhouse. Organize and carry out intellectual property risk prediction and early warning work. Formulate a national intellectual property work development plan and plans for the review, registration and registration of trademarks, patents, geographical indications of origin, etc. Responsible for the department's budget and final accounts and the finance, assets, and infrastructure planning of units directly under the bureau. Responsible for the statistical investigation, analysis and release of intellectual property rights.

(4) Intellectual Property Protection Department. Responsible for the work related to the construction of intellectual property protection system. Organize the formulation of standards for judging trademark and patent infringement as well as inspection, appraisal and other related standards for protection and law enforcement. Responsible for administrative adjudication work such as trademark review, patent reexamination and invalidation. Responsible for the protection of geographical indications of origin, integrated circuit layout design, special signs and official signs such as Olympic signs and World Expo signs, and responsible for guiding local intellectual property disputes, rights protection assistance and dispute mediation.

(5) Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion Department. Formulate and implement management policies and systems to strengthen the creation and use of intellectual property. Responsible for guiding and standardizing the evaluation of intellectual property intangible assets. Responsible for patent compulsory licensing, trademark and patent pledge registration and transfer license filing management and other related work. Develop policies to regulate intellectual property transactions. Formulate and organize the implementation of policies and measures for the development and supervision of the intellectual property intermediary service system.

(6) Company *** Service Department. Organize the implementation of the national intellectual property information public service system and informatization construction, undertake the work related to the formulation of intellectual property information processing standards, and promote the facilitation, intensification, and efficiency of information services. Responsible for the dissemination and utilization of intellectual property information such as trademarks and patents, and research, analysis and release of intellectual property application, authorization, registration, registration and other information.

(7) International Cooperation Department (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Office). Undertake the overall planning and coordination of foreign-related intellectual property matters. Study the development trends of foreign intellectual property rights. Formulate policies for foreign-related intellectual property work. Responsible for relevant external negotiation work. Undertake relevant international liaison, cooperation and exchange activities. Undertake related matters involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

(8) Personnel Department. Responsible for the cadre personnel, organizational establishment, labor wages and education work of agencies and directly affiliated units, and guide the construction of relevant talent teams. Responsible for the work of retired cadres of government agencies.

Organization Party Committee. Responsible for party and mass work in agencies and directly affiliated units in Beijing.

Extended information:

The logo is composed of five stars and the English letters IP.

The left half of the logo is a red five-star pattern composed of one large star and four small stars, symbolizing the nationality and authority of the State Intellectual Property Office. The five stars also represent the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.

The right half of the logo evolved from the English letters IP. The letters IP are the abbreviation of English Intellectual Property, reflecting the scope and nature of work in the field of intellectual property and strengthening its international application. Recognizability of categories.

The logo uses a combination of red and blue, with red representing China and blue representing knowledge and information.

The overall shape of the logo is steady, upward, and full of modernity and dynamics, reflecting that the State Intellectual Property Office, as a national intellectual property protection agency, exercises power on behalf of the country, protects intellectual property, and contributes to the country’s science and technology. make greater contributions to progress and economic development.

At the same time, the steady and upward feeling also indicates that the State Intellectual Property Office's business is booming and prosperous.

The entire pattern is in the shape of an elliptical cosmic interstellar orbit, implying the infinity of knowledge in the vast universe

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - National Knowledge of the People's Republic of China Property Rights Office