In order to thoroughly implement the important instructions of general secretary Xi Jinping on improving the quality and efficiency of intellectual property review, the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office (IPR) continued to hold a patent search and retrieval contest with the theme of "enhancing business capabilities and improving quality and efficiency" this year. The retrieval ability of patent examiners.

From October 14 to 16, the bureau level finals of the competition will be held in 8 competition areas including Beijing, Jiangsu and Guangdong. Liao Tao, deputy director general of the State Intellectual Property Office, and Hu Wenhui, deputy director general of the patent office, went to Beijing to guide the work in the finals, and connected with seven competition areas outside Beijing through video, to understand the competition organization and work effectiveness of each competition area, and put forward the requirements for capacity improvement and work deployment.

The competition is divided into two stages: Department preliminary and bureau final. More than 8000 examiners participated in the preliminary competition of the Department, and 580 of them participated in the bureau level final. The final competition is conducted in the form of "actual search", which is divided into three fields: machinery, electricity and chemistry. There are individual awards and group awards.

The patent examination and retrieval competition is an important measure and vivid practice of the State Intellectual Property Office to strengthen the construction of patent examination capacity, which will effectively promote the quality and efficiency of patent examination.