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.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, patentees looking for \u201cold school\u201d 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\/<\/a>) in the coming days.<\/p>\n