Notice on Improving the Information of Registered Users in Patent Electronic Application System

China National Intellectual Property Administration decided to open a unified identity authentication platform for patent and integrated circuit layout design business at 9: 00 am on December 12, 2022.

Website: https://tysf.cponline.cnipa.gov.cn/am.

The platform is connected with the "Patent Business Processing System" which was launched in January 2023, and realizes unified management and unified identity authentication of registered user accounts of existing patent electronic applications, electronic bills, patent affairs services, electronic application platforms for integrated circuit layout design, PCT international applications, and international applications for design. Before the "Patent Business Processing System" went online, the above business systems were operating normally.

According to the requirements of the Network Security Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Personal Information Protection Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Strengthening the Protection of Network Information and other laws and regulations, registered users of all systems are requested to log in to the platform in time, check and re-sign the user registration agreement, improve the user registration information and bind the mobile phone number. Registered users of legal persons and registered users of agencies should be associated with managers. For details, please refer to Operation Manual for Improving User Information (Annex 1) and FAQ (Annex 2). After improving the above user information, registered users can continue to handle patent business after the "patent business handling system" goes online.

The platform will follow the principles of legality, justness and necessity, and properly keep and use user information in accordance with laws and regulations.

I hereby inform you.

Attachment: 1. Improve the user information operation manual. pdf

          2. Frequently asked questions. pdf

China National Intellectual Property Administration

December 7, 2022