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Feb 20, 2012
Stephen Yang, Peksung Intellectual Property Ltd., China

Utility Model Practice in China


Stephen Yang, Peksung Intellectual Property Ltd., ChinaInvention, utility model and design are the three types of patent rights available in China. Invention patent is equivalent to the utility patent in the U.S. Utility model finds its root in European, in particular, German practice. The utility model has been used extensively by Chinese applicants whereas foreign applicants do not seem to favor it at all.
According to statistics from State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), in 2010, Chinese applicants filed 407,238 (99.4%) utility model applications while  read more