Patent Work Implementation Plan Released

On June 2, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) released the 2017 Patent Information Supportive Work Implementation Plan to improve the patent information management and utilization ability of China's Western and autonomous regions. The Plan was issued in accordance with theAction Plan for Implementing the National Intellectual Property Strategy (2014—2020) and will apply to Guizhou Province, Gansu Province, Qinghai Province, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Tibet Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
 
The overall goal of the plan is to encourage patent information services entities to actively provide companies with public patent information services, promote an effective linkage between company patent information needs and information services, create a preliminary supportive work mechanism, explore creating a patent information coordination platform, cultivate self-sufficient capabilities in the provinces and autonomous regions, and construct a long-term supportive work mechanism.