About China Patent Publication

In 1999,the Intellectual Property Publishing House published a total of 132,411 patents for inventions, utility models and industrial designs. Of the total, 53,832 were patents granted for utility model,6,423 were patents granted for invention, and 35,785 were patents granted for industrial design. Over 36,371 applications for invention patents were published pursuant to the law,39% higher than in 1998.
The Publishing House produced 52 issues of the Chinese Patent Gazette-104,000 paper copies were made, and one 60 CD ROM-set containing 52 issues of Chinese Patent Gazette was produced. The Publishing House also produced 573,333 photocopies of patent specifications.
On October 12,1999,on the approval of State Press and Publication Administration, the Patent Document Publishing House was re-named the Intellectual Property Publishing House. It was also recognized and awarded as an excellent publishing house by the State Press and Publication Administration.
In order to help develop the market economy and disseminate patent information more quickly and precisely, the Publishing House, under the support of the State Development Planning Commission, established the China Intellectual Property Web-site (www.CNIPR.com), which contains information in the field of intellectual property. The site enables the public to have quick and easy access to comprehensive IPR information and to trace the development of high and new technologies more quickly and accurately. The site will publish latest patent information on a weekly basis according to the prescribed time for patent publication, and general IPR information.
In order to establish full-text coded databases for Chinese patent specifications, the Publishing House initiated a project to utilize OCR technology to convert Chinese patent documentation into coded form. The project gained approval and support from the State Development Planning Commission. Feasibility research and initial development is now under way. In 1999,the Publishing House published over 90 new books, among which nearly 30 were related to intellectual property, including: Analyses of Typical Cases in Patent Disputes, Legal Protection of Intellectual Property, Selected Cases of Patent Administrative Litigation and Cases of Patent Re-examination and Invalidation in Industrial Design. Such patent publications have favorably influenced the public.