Patenting in China

When companies and applicants are applying for patents in China or selecting patent agencies, they may have heard of a term called “Grant Rates”. As the name suggests, “Grant Rates” means the probability of a patent application being granted. It is often used to demonstrate the service quality and professional capabilities of patent agencies. It also becomes an intangible standard for some applicants to measure the level of patent agencies or patent agents. However, there is a question. If a
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The concept of “usage environment feature” was first introduced by the Supreme People’s Court in a patent infringement dispute between Shimano INC. and Ningbo Sunrun Industry & Trade Co., Ltd. on 2012. In the judgment of the Court, “Usage environment feature” was defined as “a technical feature for the purpose of describing the backgrounds or conditions under which an Inventions-Creation is applied in a claim.” In addition, the concept was later incorporated into the Article 9 of the Interpretation of
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