SIPO Vice Commissioner meets Japanese patent examiners

On July 22, Vice Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office He Hua met the three visiting patent examiners from Japan Patent Office in Beijing.

Mr. He said that this is the first time that Japanese patent examiners pay a two-week investigation visit to the SIPO and he hoped that they could find out the differences on patent examination practices of the two offices and put forward suggestions on examination efficiency and quality. Besides, he expected the activity would keep the good relationship between the two offices and contribute more to the both development. [Chinese version is available on SIPO.gov.cn]