1. How to file a patent application with the SIPO.
The applicant should file a patent application in electronic or paper form (1) If the applicant files a patent application in electronic form, he/she should register an account first and file the application document or other documents through the CPC (a client issued by the SIPO).
(2) If the applicant files a patent application in paper form, he/she can file the application document or other documents personallly to the receiving window of the Patent Office or mail the application document or other documents to “filing office of the SIPO” or office of the charged' affaires established locally.
2. Number of Copies of Document
The patent application documents submitted by applicant shall be in duplicate, one original and one copy. For invention (or utility model) patent application, the request, description, drawings, claims, abstract, and figure accompanying the abstract shall be submitted in duplicate; and for a design patent application, the request, drawings or photographs, and brief explanation shall be submitted in duplicate, with the original text clearly indicated. Where there is no original indicated by the applicant, the Patent Office shall designate one as the original. Where there are different contents in the two copies, the original one shall prevail.
Unless otherwise provided in the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law or in these Guidelines and except for the replacement sheet of the application documents, all the other documents submitted to the Patent Office( e. g. ,the power of attorney, request for substantive examination, statement for change in bibliographic data, contract of assignment) shall be in one copy. Where it is necessary to transfer the documents to other parties concerned, the Patent Office may, as needed, specify the number of copies in the notification.