Patent Applications In China "fully Open" To Determine The Standard

The standard of "sufficient disclosure" in China patent practice, which attracts much attention, is discussed, in terms of "sufficient disclosure" of patent applications, the standard of "sufficient disclosure" used by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China and analysis of the standard of "sufficient disclosure" of SIPO, with reference being made to the provisions in all editions of Guidelines for Examination issued by SIPO. Along with the above discussion, the article also analyzed the issue of "sufficient disclosure" according to the decision on the request for invalidation of the "Viagra case" which has attracted much attention. In the section of Conclusion and Suggestion, the author made suggestions with respect to the amendment to the standard of "sufficient disclosure" used in the current edition of Guidelines for Examination.