In recent years, the amount of Patent applications in China has been grown rapidly, especially in Shenzhen which the proportion of Patent application has occupied a very big part among the whole China. （e.g.: the number of PCT applications are always possess above 40% of the whole for six years in China）
In order to strengthen the supervision of IP agency, the Intellectual Property Office of Shenzhen Municipality organized a “Ten Outstanding Patent Application Drafting Competition”，following are the information of the said competition.
1、The Judges: 3 Authoritative experts of SIPO
Mr. Li Chao（Deputy Director of Communication Examining Department of SIPO）
Mr. Zhang Qingkui（Director of Pharmaceutics and Bio Examining Department of SIPO）
Mr. Wu Guanle（Ex. Director of Mechanics Examining Department of SIPO）
2、Participants：More than 20 IP firms
3、Review time：4 months
4、The results：
（1）3 most outstanding draftings, 2 of them (Luo Yao and Peng Yuanjie) are from DHC.
（2）10 outstanding draftings, 5 of them (Peng Yuanjie, Luo Yao, Guo Yan, Chen Junbing, Xiang Wuqiao) are from DHC.
（3）3 particularly outstanding observations, 2 of them (Luo Yao, Guo Yan)are the experienced patent attorneys from DHC.
（4）13 outstanding observations, 7 of them are the experienced patent attorneys from DHC.
（5）1 outstanding IP firm: DHC
Patent Issuance Rate is essential to applicant. And it is a fundamental data to assess the ability of a patent agency.
To ease the selection of exceptional agencies for the applicants, the SIPO opens up an assessment navigation platform, where thepatent issuance rate of eachagency is transparent.The following table shows the patent issuance rate of Top 50of patent agencies in China(http://www.izhiliao.com.cn/agency/agencybylist.aspx)and of DHC (http://www.izhiliao.com.cn/agency/agencyInfoByAnalysis.aspx?rid=AGENT7a1277d64cff9698da6fa9d8c978c048)
Number of Filings in China | Patent Issuance Rate of Invention Patents(Average) |
TOP 1~10 | 67% |
TOP 11~20 | 61% |
TOP 21~30 | 55% |
TOP 31~40 | 63% |
TOP 41~50 | 57% |
TOP 1~ 50 | 61% |
DHC IP Attorneys | 75% |