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In recent years, there appear not only many foreign applicants who have been constantly investing in China\u2019s patent assets, but also some big Chinese software companies applying for a large number of invention patents on algorithms or business rules and methods related to artificial intelligence, "Internet +", big data, and blockchain.

Despite that the Chinese patent system is relatively friendly to software or algorithm patent applications, it is still necessary to have the knowledge of the subject matter eligibility of software patents covering AI algorithms, in order to successfully obtain patent rights in China.