A decade of practice · A precise, senior team · From technology to rights, KEWEIP stays with you all the way
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Published on the China National Patent Agency Public Service Platform: 1,921 patent applications handled and 1,200 patents granted in 2024-2026; invention grant rates on closed cases of 84% in 2024 and 89% in 2025. All figures can be checked online.
Invention grants cluster within one year; utility models within twelve months; designs within six months.
A three-tier review system (attorney → quality control → senior partner); on average 8.2 claims and 16.2 pages of cited literature per application, above the industry average.
Close working relationships with dozens of firms across the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea and more than ten other countries and regions, allowing direct liaison and fast turnaround.
Our client base spans central and state-owned enterprises, industry leaders, universities, hospitals and research institutes, served through a nationwide network
The 30-month (or 32-month) deadline, what must be filed with the Chinese national phase request, how claims and description amendments are handled on entry, and the translation issues that most often narrow or invalidate a claim in Chinese examination.
Two official channels can bring an invention patent to grant in roughly three to six months instead of the usual pendency. Which technologies and which applicants qualify, how the classification match works, and what drafting defects cause a case to be turned away.
How we scope an FTO study for a product entering China: claim decomposition, search strategy across invention, utility model and design registers, the risk grading we report, and the design-around and invalidation options that follow a high-risk finding.
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