Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that it has added about 3 million copies of patent documents provided by China into their online search database- PATENTSCOPE, as a result more than 32 million copies of patent documents in the database can be retrieved.

According to reports, in the future, the database will provide users with directory information in English of Chinese patents and applications in 1985-1995 and directory information in Chinese and English ,of Chinese patents and applications after 1996.

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry said that it was another big step forward to include China’s patent documents into PATENTSCOPE, and these documents would provide users with a fresh and important perspective to understand what is related to China’s patent application.