Combination of Deferred Examination and Patent Prosecution Highway

Published: May 29, 2020, 6:01 a.m.

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It is generally known that the new version of Guidelines for Patent Examination has entered into force on November 1, 2019 in China, of which a highlight is the introduction of the deferred examination system. The introduction gives an applicant the opportunity to request a deferred examination, so that the applicant will have more time to consider the scope of protection or whether to submit more divisional applications.