On November 18, 2025, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) responded to a reporter’s question regarding the USPTO’s recent Order to Show Cause in IPR2025-00098 and IPR2025-00099. The USPTO issued a Show Cause Order on November 10, 2025 requiring Yangtze Memory Technologies Company (YMTC) to justify why its IPR petitions against Micron’s U.S. patents should proceed despite being named on the Department of Commerce’s Entity List as an organization “reasonably believed to be involved, or to pose a significant risk of …
Category: Patents
Chinese Invention and Utility Model Patent Grants Continue Downward Trend in 2025 Q3
Based on data recently released by China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), invention patent grants and utility model patent grants have continued their downward trend with cumulative drops of 16.56% and 25.92% in the first three quarters of 2025 year-on-year. In the first nine months or 2025, invention patent grants dropped to 682,120 grants, a decrease of 135,360 grants. Utility model patent grants dropped to 1,118,935, a decrease of 391,442 grants.
All-China Patent Attorneys Association Bans Members From Using AI to Generate Patent Application Documents and Engaging in Price Wars
On September 22, 2025, the All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA) released the revised Code of Professional Ethics and Practice Discipline for Patent Agents (专利代理职业道德与执业纪律规范) “to further improve the professional quality of patent agents, standardize the practice of patent agents, and ensure the high-quality development of the patent agency industry” in China. Two key changes include prohibitions against using artificial intelligence to directly generate patent application documents and maliciously lowering the price of patent agency services. Earlier this year, Nanjing banned …
CNIPA Publishes Compilation of Key Points of Decisions in Typical Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Cases (2024)
On August 11, 2025 through August 18, 2025, China’s Reexamination and Invalidation Review Department of the Patent Office of the National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Compilation of Key Points of Decisions in Typical Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Cases (2024) (专利复审无效典型案件决定要点汇编(2024)). CNIPA stated that the release was “to focus on explaining the application of law in patent reexamination and invalidation cases and to showcase the latest practices in patent examination in various technical fields.” CNIPA generated the Compilation by …