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\nOn 25 November,
\nEPO President Ant\u00f3nio Campinos and CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property
\nAdministration) Commissioner Shen Changyu held their annual bilateral meeting
\nonline, where they spoke about recent activities at both offices, discussed future
\nbilateral cooperation, and reviewed the progress of the cooperation annual work
\nplan, which came into force in 2022.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Heads of
\nOffice shared the recent developments at the respective Offices. President
\nCampinos emphasised the importance of the upcoming introduction of the Unitary
\nPatent and the opportunities which this development will bring to foster
\ninnovation in Europe.\n<\/p>\n
\nReflecting on
\nthe achievements of the bilateral cooperation throughout 2022, the two heads
\nagreed to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on CPC (Cooperative Patent Classification), thus
\ncontinuing the strong cooperation between the two strategic partners. In
\naddition to this, one particular activity of the 2022 annual work plan, the EPO-CNIPA pilot on International Searching Authority
\n(ISA) files, was discussed at length.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe pilot,
\nwhich started in 2020, enables nationals and residents of the People’s Republic
\nof China to select the EPO as their ISA when filing international patent
\napplications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). In September 2022 the
\ntwo Offices published a joint communique announcing the extension of the pilot
\nfor one additional year until 30 November 2023. Both President Campinos and
\nCommissioner Shen Changyu agreed that the project itself has been quite
\nsuccessful and agreed to continue working together to further increase the
\nattractiveness of the pilot for the applicants.\n<\/p>\n
\nCommissioner
\nShen updated the President on the 2022 patent filing statistics at CNIPA with
\napproximately 1,34m patent applications filed until October. He reiterated the
\ncommitment of CNIPA in the CPC classification scheme and the importance he
\nattaches to patent data exchange with the EPO. Artificial intelligence is one
\nof the top priorities for CNIPA and the two Offices should work closely together
\nin this field.\n<\/p>\n
\nPresident
\nCampinos and Commissioner Shen concluded the meeting by signing the new CPC
\nMoU, the annual work plan for 2023 as well as the agreement to extend CNIPA’s
\nuse of EPOQUE Net by one additional year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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