The relevant departments and units of the State Council shall have the intellectual property administration agencies, the intellectual property Bureau of the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, the intellectual property service promotion center of Sichuan Province, and the relevant national trade associations:
In order to further implement Xi Jinping's socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics and the spirit of the nineteen, nineteen second, third and fourth plenary sessions of the party, and to enhance the creation, protection and utilization of intellectual property, and promote the development of the economy and society, the State Intellectual Property Office and the world intellectual Property Organization decide to carry out the twenty-second China China Patent Award, and encourage and commend the technology. The patentee and inventor (designer) who make outstanding contributions to innovation and economic and social development. The following matters are hereby notified:
1、 Award setting
The Chinese patent awards include the Gold Award for Chinese patent, Silver Award for Chinese patent, excellent award for Chinese patent, Gold Award for Chinese design, Silver Award for Chinese design and excellent award for Chinese design.
The Gold Award for Chinese patent, Silver Award for Chinese patent and excellent Chinese patent award are selected from invention patents and utility model patents. There are no more than 30 gold awards for Chinese patents and 60 silver awards for Chinese patents. The Gold Award for Chinese design, Silver Award for Chinese design and excellent Chinese design award are selected from the design patents. There are no more than 10 gold awards for Chinese designs and 15 silver awards for Chinese designs.
The current award evaluation further highlights the requirements for high-quality development, reduces the number of recommended places in areas with serious patent quality problems, and cancels the qualification of applying, recommending, participating in or winning the patent for units and individuals who find a large number (proportion) of abnormal patent applications.
2、 Conditions for participation
If the patent has been authorized by the State Intellectual Property Office and meets the following conditions, it may participate in the selection of the Chinese patent award:
（1） The patent right for invention, utility model or design (including the declassified national defense patent, excluding the confidential patent) shall be granted before December 31, 2019 (including December 31, subject to the authorization announcement date);
（2） The patent right is valid and there is no legal dispute before the deadline for filing;
（3） All patent holders agree to participate in the evaluation;
（4） Not awarded the Chinese patent award;
（5） A patent is evaluated as a project;
（6） The number of items that the same patentee has participated in the evaluation shall not exceed 2.
3、 Evaluation method
The Chinese patent award adopts the project recommendation method, which is recommended by the relevant departments and units of the State Council, the intellectual property bureaus of provinces (districts and cities) (hereinafter referred to as Provincial Bureau) and relevant national trade associations. All relevant national trade associations are only allowed to recommend the industry or related projects in the field.
The projects recommended by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (hereinafter referred to as academicians), cities with separate plans, sub provincial cities, demonstration cities of intellectual property rights and demonstration parks and projects recommended by demonstration enterprises shall be reviewed and publicized by the provincial bureau where the applicant is located to review and publicize the conditions and authenticity of materials, and shall not occupy the recommended places of the Provincial Bureau.
The recommendation work should be guided by high-quality development, and the core patents formed in basic research, application basic research and key core technology tackling should be recommended.
4、 Quota distribution
Please refer to the table of allocation of recommended items (Annex 1).
The units that won the best organization award of the 21st China patent award can increase 1-2 recommended places on the basis of the allocated quota; the provincial bureaus with provincial government patent awards can increase 1-2 recommended places on the basis of the distribution quota; provincial bureaus determined as the pilot province of the construction of the intellectual property province can increase 2 recommended places on the basis of the distribution quota, which is determined to create a strong intellectual property city The city intellectual property office may add one recommendation quota on the basis of the distribution.
Two academicians in the same professional field may jointly recommend one invention patent in the field of this discipline, and each academician can only recommend one time.
Since 2019, national intellectual property demonstration enterprises can recommend one project for evaluation every two years.
5、 Recommended procedures
（1） Audit
Each recommendation unit shall review the qualification and application materials of the recommended items to ensure that the relevant materials are complete, true and accurate, and there is no confidential content.
（2） Publicity
The relevant departments and units of the State Council, the intellectual property management institutions, provincial bureaus and relevant national trade associations shall publicize the proposed projects (including academicians, cities with separate plans, sub provincial cities, projects recommended by intellectual property demonstration cities and demonstration parks and projects recommended by demonstration enterprises) through the network or written form.
The publicity time shall not be less than 5 working days. The project without objection or no objection can be recommended only after being verified and processed.
6、 Requirements for submission of recommended materials
（1） Submission materials
1. academician recommendation
(1) 1 recommendation letter of academician (paper, signature of academician, copy of academician certificate attached, format as shown in Annex 2);
(2) One copy of project data (electronic copy), including: ① China Patent Award application form (word document); ② if the attachment - such as pictures, photos, award certificates, project application certificates and other materials scanning pieces, the patentee can provide the special audit report on the economic benefits of the patent issued by the qualified accountant affairs as the relevant economic benefit certificate For the specified materials, all attachments shall be embedded in a PDF document, not more than 20 m; ③ patent authorization announcement text.
Project electronics are stored on a CD or USB flash.
2. recommendation of the unit
(1) One recommendation letter (paper and electronic, official official letter, paper with official seal, format as shown in Annex 3);
(2) One copy of project data (electronic copy), each recommended project includes: ① China Patent Award application form (word document); ② if the attachment - such as pictures, photos, award certificates, project application certificates and other materials scanning pieces, the patentee can provide the special audit report of participating in the evaluation of patent economic benefits issued by a qualified accounting firm as the result All attachments shall be embedded in a PDF document, not more than 20 m; ③ patent authorization announcement.
All items' electronic parts are stored in a CD or USB flash disk and the recommended unit name is labeled.
（2） Submission method
1. the relevant departments and units of the State Council shall directly submit the intellectual property work administration agencies, provincial bureaus and relevant national trade associations to our bureau.
2. the academicians, cities with single plans, sub provincial cities, intellectual property demonstration cities and demonstration parks and projects recommended by demonstration enterprises shall be reviewed and publicized by the provincial bureau where the applicant is located, and the relevant application materials shall be summarized and submitted by the Provincial Bureau after filling in the summary form of recommended projects (Annex 4).
（3） Time requirements
The deadline for submission of project materials recommended by academicians, cities with separate plans, sub provincial cities, demonstration cities of intellectual property rights and demonstration parks and self recommended project materials of demonstration enterprises shall be subject to the notice of Provincial Bureau.
The deadline for receiving the submission materials from relevant departments and units of the State Council, the provincial bureaus and the national trade associations is November 15, 2020.
Materials shall be submitted by EMS express delivery, and shall not accept the on-site declaration. Any material that does not meet the requirements or is overdue (subject to the date of delivery) shall not be accepted.
Please do a good job in publicity mobilization and project recommendation in accordance with the measures for the evaluation of Chinese patent awards and the requirements of this circular, and submit the contact registration form (attachment 5) responsible for this work to our bureau by email before September 30, 2020.
According to the award of the recommended projects, the Bureau will award 5-8 best organization awards for Chinese patent awards, 15-20 excellent organization awards of Chinese patent awards, and award the best recommendation Award for academicians who have won the gold award of Chinese patent for the recommended projects.
Please download the "China Patent Award" column on the website of the State Intellectual Property Office for the measures for the evaluation of Chinese patent awards and the application for Chinese patent awards (revised in 2020) etc（ http://www.cnipa.gov.cn/ztzl/zgzlj/index.htm ）。
Notice is hereby given.
Attachment:
1. recommended project allocation table
2. recommendation of Academicians
3. recommendation letter
4. summary of recommended items
5. application form of contact person of recommended unit
State Intellectual Property Office
September 15, 2020
Contact person: China Patent Award Evaluation Office
Tel: 010-62083614
Email: zhuanlijiang22@cnipa.gov.cn
Address: exclusive mailbox of China Patent Award, Ximen receiving and receiving office, State Intellectual Property Office, no.6, Xitucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Postcode: 100088