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China’s newest IP office to cut hi-tech patent approval times ‘by 70%’
Centre in Xiongan New Area projected to fast-track process from 15 months to just three
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Sylvia Main Shanghai
China has given the green light for a national intellectual property protection centre in a new megacity outside Beijing, a facility that is expected to cut approval times for hi-tech patents by about 70 per cent.
Once up and running, the centre in Xiongan New Area would provide expedited patent examination and one-stop intellectual property services for next-generation information technology and new materials, Xiongan authorities said in a statement on Saturday.
“[The centre] will help companies to better protect their innovations and accelerate the development of an innovation edge in the targeted industries,” it said.
It added that the centre would strengthen intellectual property protection and support coordinated innovation across the wider Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
The Xiongan New Area, established in Hebei province in 2017, is designed to serve as a development hub for Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
The centre is part of China’s efforts to strengthen domestic innovation and IP protection as its technological rivalry with the United States heats up.
Faster patent approvals are seen as a way to help companies commercialise innovations and secure legal protection more quickly.
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