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As one of the fastest growing patent offices in the world, the publications of the Chinese Intellectual Property Office are becoming increasingly important. In the following overview, we will focus on Chinese Patents Fulltext (File 325), the free file of the month for July. This never before available collection of Machine Assisted Translation (MAT) Chinese Patents and Utility Models is now available for you to search. You will see what this database contains and how it is vital for your patent research.
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Chinese Patents Fulltext (File 325), created by SCIPAT, a member of the Lighthouse IP Group, provides access to translated fulltext of all Chinese patent and utility model publications from 1985 to the present, approximately 3.5 million patents. The English translations of Chinese patents are created by SCIPAT and Matrixware™ using state-of-the-art statistical machine translation technology combined with human-assisted intellectual processing and are available online approximately two weeks after publication by the Chinese Patent Office (SIPO). File 325 is updated weekly. Weekly Alerts can be set up to coincide with the file updating, or you can choose your own frequency and timing for Alerts.
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All areas of patentable technology in China are included. Searchable bibliographic data consists of translated patent applicant/assignee names and inventor names, International Patent Classification (IPC) codes, and standardized patent and application numbers. Priority application numbers are standardized in Dialog format, for easy cross-file searching in other patent databases. The title, abstract, specification and claims have been translated into English for fulltext searching. Most records also contain translated legal status which is updated whenever new legal status events affecting the document have occurred. If a Chinese patent is based on a PCT publication, the WO publication and application numbers are included in the record for records from 2008 forward. Clipped images are available for many patents from 1985 forward. Most documents from 1985 forward also contain PDF Links to the original Chinese documents.
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Patent information specialists in industry, patent analysts, patent office searchers and examiners, patent specialists in legal firms and anyone doing business in China will find Chinese Patents Fulltext an important source.
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In the world of innovative and progressive industry, protecting your knowledge and IP is very important. With Chinese technologies growing rapidly, and inventors in China required to file a Chinese application first, a real need exists in the West for easier ways to search Chinese patents and utility models. Some reasons you might use Chinese patents include: prior art searching, competitive intelligence, invalidity / clearance searching and freedom to operate analyses.
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Some titles will give you a flavor of the database. Notice that you can also order File History PDFs.
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Let's take a look at a record in the database. Each record includes the patent number and kind code at the top above the title of the patent. The patent assignee and inventor names and country are given. The patent and application numbers, kind codes for each and dates of publication appear next, followed by the IPC codes.
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A detailed abstract follows. If there is legal status, it occurs next. A clipped image, when available, can be displayed using different formats listed on the Bluesheet or IM for image as the format.
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The specification and detailed text is available in English.
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The Claims are also given in English.
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With its timely updating and extensive coverage, Chinese Patents Fulltext (File 325) is your most comprehensive option for Chinese patent searches.
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This completes our overview of Chinese Patents Fulltext. Thank you for your interest in this premier patent database and put it on your list to try for free in July.