In order to thoroughly and earnestly implement the tasks and deployment of the National Intellectual Property Protection and Use Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan Period on strengthening the source protection of intellectual property, intensifying the quality supervision of intellectual property application for registration, guiding the innovation subjects to accurately understand the boundaries of the object of utility model patent protection, promoting the improvement of the qualities of the drafting and replying of the patent applications for utility model, and pushing forward the high-quality development of the utility model patent system, the CNIPA has organized compilation of the Guidelines for Judging the Object of Utility Model Patent Protection for the reference of relevant innovation subjects.

Attached: Guidelines for Judging the Object of Utility Model Patent Protection

(Source: CNIPA Official WeChat Account)