China to cease issuing paper patent certificates from March 2022

Published On - 22 février, 2022

Albert Hui China

While the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) ceased automatically issuing paper patent certificates in 2020, patentees could still request a paper certificate. However, as per CNIPA announcement 472 released on February 11, 2022, CNIPA will no longer accept requests for paper certificates as of March 1, 2022.

Accordingly, patentees looking for “old school” hard copy patent certificates need to request them by the end of February 2022. We advise to every owner of electronic patents to request for a paper patent certificate through the patent application website (http://cponline.cnipa.gov.cn/) in the coming days.

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