At the beginning of the new year, the wuhan intellectual property protection centre (wippc) received good news from hubei daily news (journalist liu xian, correspondent liu roxie). In 2023, the centre received the first 3,000 patent pre-trial applications from wuhan city, providing pre-trial services for a cumulative total of 9,046 patent applications for 2088 innovative subjects in wuhan city, significantly reducing the patent licensing cycle for high-intensity enterprises。
Patent pre-trial, which refers to the pre-screening of patent operations submitted by the intellectual property protection centre (ippc), the patent applicant submits a formal patent application to the intellectual property office after receiving a positive response to the pre-trial findings, and the patent enters a fast-track green path, thereby reducing the time for patent review. One of the important functions of the wuhan protection centre, as a national platform, is to pre-screen and evaluate patent applications submitted by innovative subjects。
“in one day, three patents will be pre-trialed, and within one month authorized by the state for practical and new types of patents.” the long-flying fibre-optic cable shares company has a great deal of praise. In september 2023, the patent examiner at the wuhan protection centre entered the company's production workshop and conducted a face-to-face “psych” of new products with research and development personnel, intellectual property engineers, patent agents, etc., and repeatedly examined the technical details to minimize irregularities in the application documents. The review was completed the following day。
From “passive applications” to “active delivery services”, the wuhan protection centre focuses on niche industries such as electronic information, new energy and smart-networked cars, and beidou. It has conducted on-site pre-privileged patents for 18 priority enterprises such as the east wind, the nautilus, and the long flying fibre, and 100 core technology patents into fast-review channels to help escape lasers to successfully launch science boards。
Over the past four years, the annual number of pre-trial cases processed by the wuhan protection centre has increased rapidly from 135 to 3,000, an average annual increase of about 180 per cent. In the face of a significant increase in the volume of admissions, the wuhan protection centre is actively exploring the standardization and standardization of pre-trial services, the establishment of a sound management system and the strict regulation of pre-trial examination procedures. For msmes, the centre customises patent analysis reports to guide intellectual property protection and direction. In recent days, the number of patent pre-trial service cases reported by the centre has been successful in selecting the national intellectual property agency for service excellence。
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