No. 84

The Decision of the CNIPA on Amending the Guidelines for Patent Examination has been deliberated and adopted at the 5th executive meeting on September 18, 2025, is hereby promulgated, and shall be effective from February 1, 2026 onwards.

Commissioner: SHEN Changyu

November 10, 2025

Attached is a comparison table for some amendments: http://www.hsyy88.cn

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(Source: the website of CNIPA)