Insights · April 2015

IP news and practical perspectives on patents and trademarks.

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Q & A

Can a Chinese patent application be published five or six months after filing?

Question: In a pending US application, published Chinese application CN101XXXX00A has been cited against us. It appears to have been filed in July 2010, but bears a publication date of December 29, 2010. We understand that applications are normally published after 18 months. Is the publication date wrong, or can an application be published so quickly?

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