On December 10^th, State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C (SIPO) issued a Notice on Launching the Patent Data Service Trial System (website: http://patdata.sipo.gov.cn) , which is the first open platform on patent information in China.

The Trial System provides downloading services of over 20 kinds of patent data of four countries (China, America, Japan and Korea) and Eurpoean Union. During the trial period, the registration, use and downloading services are free of charge. The notice does not specify how long the trial period will be.

To access the service, a user needs to registerà select dataàprint and sign user agreementàmail agreement to SIPO àdownload data through password sent by SIPO through E-mail. If the user information is not correct or does not meet the requirements of SIPO, SIPO will inform the user through E-mail, then the user can make correction and re-apply for approval.

Link: The news, notice and regulation on Patent Data Service Trial System in Chinese