China E-ventions
Selected Software-Related Invention Patents
Vol. 2 , No. 1 - January 14, 2002
Welcome to China E-ventions. Keeping up with technology is difficult enough, but learning about new trends in patent examination methods and policies in different countries is a monumental task. One area of keen interest these days involves a particular classification of patent that goes by many names: business method patent, Internet patent, software patent, and so on - in China, "software-related invention patents". To be clear, many of these names have distinct definitions in certain jurisdictions; however, their similarity has caused great confusion for international practitioners.
The purpose of this newsletter is to provide the foreign patent practitioner with China patent news as well as a regular snapshot of how China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) is approaching these kinds of inventions.
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China has witnessed an increasing number of patent applications and approvals since the adoption of the Patent Law more than 20 years ago.
At a national patent working meeting, which started December 18, 2001 in Beijing, the Director of the State Intellectual Property Office, Wang Jingchuan, revealed that up until last year, the total number of patent applications maintained an annual growth of 18 per cent.
From the passage of the Patent Law in 1985 to the end of November of 2001, three kinds of filed patent applications reach 1.351 million in number, and nearly three quarters of a million patent applications have been approved.
In this year alone, 12 projects awarded with Patent Prizes have generated sales volumes of nearly RMB 9 billion, or roughly over 1 billion US dollars.
(Source: CRI Online)
Patent Applications Increase Sharply in Shanghai
The patent office of Shanghai, the biggest industrial center in China, received 10,384 patent applications from local companies, research institutions and schools of higher learning in the January-October period, a year- on-year increase of 33.5 percent.
Local patent officials said Shanghai has been stepping up efforts to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) and innovations according to the country's laws and regulations.
The Shanghai Municipal government has cited 96 new technologies this year.
Many of the technologies cited this year have yielded huge returns for the IPR owners and their buyers, said an official with the Shanghai Municipal government.
A patented technology for rolled steel production developed by Gao Yutian and other experts with the Baoshan Iron and Steel Company was given a first-class prize.
The technology has increased the annual output value of the company by RMB 2.4 billion (292 million U.S. dollars) each year, adding a total of RMB 1.3 billion (158 million U.S. dollars) in pre-tax profit during the past three years.
(Source: CRI Online)
Overseas Applications Encouraged
The Chinese Government is planning a way to help domestic academic and industrial researchers seek patent protection abroad. The State Intellectual Protection Office (SIPO) said it will announce detailed measures soon.
"High-tech research findings in China that have huge potential on the world market must be protected," said SIPO commissioner Wang Jingchuan. Wang said in a work report presented on the opening day of a three-day National Patent Conference that the efforts will help cushion the challenges China faces now that it is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
In 2001, Chinese applicants delivered 1,026 applications for patent protection in foreign countries, almost three times the average of the prior 15 years, SIPO statistics indicate. The 2002 figure is expected to double that of last year.
"We have achieved a lot in the past two years, but we are still lagging behind in comparison with developed countries," Wang said.
Vice-Premier Wen Jiabao sent a congratulatory letter to the conference on Tuesday, calling on the nation to step up efforts to protect intellectual property rights.
Wang's office will work with central and local authorities to beef up intellectual property rights in China and abroad. Authorities of various industries and enterprises also will be involved, Wang said.
Wang said his office and other departments will select some key research projects in the industries that are of key importance to the State's economic development. They will be the focus of special protection efforts.
He said China's new legislation on intellectual property rights meets the standards set in the WTO, so now the goal must be to beef up enforcement.
He called for more efforts to deepen awareness of technology innovation and patent protection.
Although the country has made significant progress in patent protection since it implemented the Patent Law in 1985, some companies and research institutions still ignore patent applications.
"To help domestic enterprises meet global competition, we must make them know how to combine intellectual property rights protection with technology development," he said.
(Source: China Daily)
Intellectual Property Protection to be Reinforced After WTO Entry
A top Chinese official has called for more work to protect intellectual property rights, one of China's key commitments as a new member of the World Trade Organisation, State media recently reported.
"After entry to the WTO, work on intellectual property rights is important and urgent," Vice Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted by the People's Daily newspaper at a national meeting.
China has promised to abide by the WTO's agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, known as TRIPS.
In a recent case widely reported by State media, U.S. chemical giant DuPont won a patent lawsuit against a Chinese pesticide company. Despite such individual victories, foreign companies say China has a long way to go.
In a survey released last December, 54 percent of Japanese-funded firms in China say they have suffered losses from fake products.
Some 70 percent of nearly 700 companies surveyed said Chinese firms had infringed on their product designs or trademarks, according to the joint study by Japan's economic ministry and the government-backed Japan External Trade Organization.
Vice Premier Wen said protection of IPR was at the heart of global competition, adding Chinese companies should seek to develop original products with their own patents.
(Source: Reuters)
A Selection of Software-related Invention Patents Published in China
Application Number: 00109767
Publication Number: 1277396
Application Date: 00.07.05
Publication Date: 00.12.20
Title: Electronic card realizing method and system
Intl. Class. Nr.: G06F 17/30; G06F 15/16
Applicant(s) Name: Sun Wei
Inventor(s) Name: Sun Wei
Legal Status: Substantial Examination
Abstract: In the present invention, virtual ID-marked electronic card system of personal information are established in the mode of data base in telecommunication system. The electronic card system consists ofa central transaction processing server with central data base system and local transaction processing servers with local data base system. The central server and the local servers and connected via computer network. Public telecommunication network is connected to the electronic card system via the local servers, and through dialing some special service number, the user can call electronic card service, including polling, modification, exchange and fast calling.
Application Number : 01104410
Publication Number : 1303067
Application Date : 01.02.23
Publication Date : 01.07.11
TItle : Transaction method based on Internet
Intl. Class. Nr. : G06F 17/60; H04L 9/32
Applicant(s) Name : Tianzheng Science and Technology Development Co Ltd, Beijing Univ. Beijing
Inventor(s) Name : Zhang Ming
Legal Status : Publication
Abstract : A trade method of electronic data products based on Internet integrates the Internet resources with telecommunication network resources. The randomly generated user ID code is sent to user via telecommunication network. The money of ordered products is recorded and paid via the said network. Its advantages are high security, and high convenience and flexibility.
Application Number : 00104592
Publication Number : 1266233
Application Date : 00.03.31
Publication Date : 00.09.13
TItle : Method for wholly searching function of electronic and electric products and the correspondent assembly
Intl. Class. Nr. : G06F 17/00; G06F 3/00
Applicant(s) Name : Kuaima Information Science and Technologies Co., Ltd.
Inventor(s) Name : Liang Liren; Liu Wenjian
Legal Status : Publication
Abstract : The present invention relates to a method for setting function of electronic and electric products and its hardware component, including input unit, CPU and display screen. When the function menu is selected, the change of inteerfaces is progressively started from first layer interface, and is closed toward target interface in turn until reached to the interface containing target function. Every menu interface contains several and several ten functions content represented by adopting characters and/or graphics mode, specially adopting squared mode, in which when the interface is further changed per time, the total number of functions contained by interface can be expanded by multiple of 9 so as to make detail-division of functions and close to target function. Said invented method can be used in handset entering in network, handset Chinese character communication and various electronic and electric products.
Application Number : 00105558
Publication Number : 1267028
Application Date : 00.03.31
Publication Date : 00.09.20
TItle : Method for creating domain name directory site with dictionary structure and method for providing special services
Intl. Class. Nr. : G06F 17/00
Applicant(s) Name : Lu Huibin
Inventor(s) Name : Lu Huibin
Legal Status : Publication
Abstract : A method for creating domain name directory site with dictionary structure and the method for providing special services technically feature that after the domain names registed in Internet are recorded and translated, they are edited into directory by dictionary structure and stored in network site, so even non-professional user can understand the domain name board and click it to directly access the destination site.
Application Number : 00114088
Publication Number : 1260544
Application Date : 00.03.01
Publication Date : 00.07.19
TItle : Identification system for genuine and fake products
Intl. Class. Nr. : G06F 17/00
Applicant(s) Name : Huang Weiwen
Inventor(s) Name : Huang Weiwen
Legal Status : Publication
Abstract : The commodity distinguishing system comprises medium mechanism, code formation system, code data base, external equipment connection system, data query system, automatic speech answering system, incoming access telephone automatic recording system and data system for future reference. Said system uses the medium mechanism as basis, and provides a unified anti-false marker for every user, and whenit is used by user, said user must provide valid lawful related information for medium mechanism for putting on record to completely eliminate the imitated commodity. Said invented anti-false marker is simple in production process, and can greatly reduce production cost.
Application Number : 00114328
Publication Number : 1254889
Application Date : 00.01.13
Publication Date : 00.05.31
TItle : Dynamic electronic cipher system
Intl. Class. Nr. : G06F 17/00; G09C 1/00
Applicant(s) Name : Huazhong Science and Engineering Univ.
Inventor(s) Name : Hu Hanping; Wu Xiaogang; Wang Zuxi
Legal Status : Publication
Abstract : A dynamic electronic cipher system is composed of host and users. Said host computer system consists of network database, database management system, and cipher generator. Said user terminal has usercard whose cipher generator is same as that in host computer system. Both host and user use multiple parameter-variable chaos systems, which mutually act to each other to generate a chaos sequence. After compound mapping, same dynamic system cipher is generated. Its advantages are high unpredictability, small size of user card, and high security.
Application Number : 00106193
Publication Number : 1267862
Application Date : 00.04.29
Publication Date : 00.09.27
TItle : Real-time interactive document transmission method by means of Internet
Intl. Class. Nr. : G06F 15/163
Applicant(s) Name : Feng Bo
Inventor(s) Name : Feng Bo
Legal Status : Substantial Examination
Abstract : The method of the present invention features that in the user terminal of Internet, one software executed program is set to save automatically the received document under the special directory of local hard disc and one confirmation information of receiving or reading the document is fed back to the sending part. During sending document, event record is read to the document and the sender waits for an off-line receiver or sends the document to an on-line receiver. The present invention realizes point-to-point real-time transmission, has high security high efficiency and low cost, and can provide powerful evidence for legal ruling of electronic business disputes.
Application Number : 00109289
Publication Number : 1278086
Application Date : 00.06.21
Publication Date : 00.12.27
TItle : Electronic business real-time payment method
Intl. Class. Nr. : G06F 17/60
Applicant(s) Name : Ren Chunlei
Inventor(s) Name : Ren Chunlei
Legal Status : Publication
Abstract : The steps of the method are, (a) the electronic business network station publishes connodities information by using internet to customers and receives feedback from customers; (b) the metwork stationreceives purchasing information from customers sent by telecommunication system, storages the phone number of customer and the purchasing information provided by customer in the network station and the teleommunication department; (c) the network station reckons the goods payment in the telephone rate of customer and provides goods to customer; (d) the network station and communication departmentcheck and settle the payment used for goods from telephone rate paid by customer to finish the payment for purchasing. It can increase trade speed, avoid the problem of credit guarantee of the network station for that customers purchase the goods.
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