On April 12, the reporter learned from the Shenzhen Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau that China (Shenzhen) Intellectual Property Protection Center's rapid patent pre-examination had achieved numerous results, and it has become a "booster" for the transformation of technological innovation in Shenzhen.
As of March 2021, the center has received a total of 5,425 pre-trial cases, of which 3,692 were received in 2020, an increase of 514% year-on-year, ranking the first in China's sub-provincial and municipal protection centers. The authorization rate of pre-trial qualified cases is as high as 92.3%, and the average pre-trial period is reduced to 4.9 days. All indicators are at the forefront of national protection centers.
The China (Shenzhen) Intellectual Property Protection Center regards rapid patent pre-examination as its essential core business, and focuses on the two major advantages of the Internet and new energy industries. It plays an important role in improving the efficiency of patent acquisition and rights protection and promoting the transformation and application of innovative achievements. For cases pre-examined by the center, the average authorization period has been shortened to 58 days. The average authorization time for invention patents has been shortened from 22 months to about three months. Utility model patents can be granted as fast as three days, and design patents can be granted as fast as one day.
Through the implementation of the "project-based" pre-review service model, China (Shenzhen) Intellectual Property Protection Center accurately matched the needs of enterprises, served and cultivated dozens of high-value patent portfolios such as BYD blade batteries, Tencent blockchain technology, Ping An Technology AI medical, etc. Helping enterprises to open up markets rapidly, and industry promotion has achieved remarkable results.
