What are requirements for filing an invention patent application in China?
Documents and Information Needed: a) Specification (description + claims + abstract + drawings). b) Instruction letter, indicating the title of invention, applicants name and address, inventors name and address, the priority date and initial filing number and the country where the initial application was filed (if the priority is claimed). In case of a Japanese applicant, both Japanese and Chinese characters should be given for the names and address, and so does Korean applicant; Both English and Chinese are needed for the applicants located in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and some Asian Countries where Chinese is also used. c) A duly executed Power of Attorney, which can be submitted within two months from the Chinese filing date. d) A duly executed assignment, if the applicant as indicated in the certified priority document is not the same as the one who files in mainland China. If the said assignment form is a copy one, it should be notarized. ` Both certified priority document and the
