Translation of Chinese patent applications into English

Demand for translation works has been increased in the past 12-months.

In the standard process for our clients who file their first patent application in China and followed by filing the same in US and EPO, we translate from Chinese to English for any redrafting work done by patent attorney in US or Europe. This is an obvious choice for those inventor / applicant who can approve Chinese language.

Our US clients have their patent applications first filed in US need translation from English to Chinese for further redraft before filing to China SIPO.

In the past year, we also have requests from foreign attorney to translate Chinese patent application into English for possible litigation process in US or China, and this type of demand is increasing.

One client believed that his competitor have a patent granted in China that actually copied some of the key features of his products. In order to start the legal process to invalidate the Chinese patent, the first step was to perform evaluation and a formal translation of the Chinese patent was performed by us and the client's US attorney reviewed the Chinese patent. After that we have also translated a few US patents into Chinese for the legal process in China to invalidate the competitor's China patent. The legal process in China is now in progress.

With change to PCT rule 34.1 on minimum documentation to include Chinese patent documents as prior arts becomes effective on 1 July 2012, we think that the demand for translation on patent application related to Chinese language would be increased. Our translators in Hong Kong and China would pick up more business in the near future.

A background analysis on the subject can be found in an April blog from The Patent Bric. The Chinese news posted on SIPO can be found here.

Unix and C creator Dennis Ritchie dies at 70

In my previous life, before I head for patent applications, I was a programmer / system engineer / developer. Now, I would like to use one of my blog to thank someone who created C programming language. I have been using C for above 5 years in my professional life.

Related news in BBC, and Computer World (UK).

Samsung’s Patent War With Apple - at the last days of Steve Jobs

Samsung is seeking an injunction to get the new iPhone 4S banned from sale in France and Italy. It claims that Apple has used 3G wireless technology, which Samsung invented, without paying for it.
Samsung said in a statement "Apple has continued to flagrantly violate our intellectual property rights and free ride on our technology, and we will steadfastly protect our intellectual property,".
A patent war between the companies has been booming!! This is particular painful for Apple when they lost their beloved founder.
News in Total Telecom.

An Unprecedented Era of Innovation

Chief of China Intellectual Property Office pointed out that the world is entering into an unprecedented era of innovation-intensive and industrial revitalization. There are four characteristics of such era: technology update and conversion cycle are shortened, the amounts of technologies increase violently, the frontier technologies become more complex and the links between technology are close.

Furthermore, the Officer claimed the system of intellectual property, which is an essential and supportive tool for the development of innovation, should conform the era to satisfy the demand of market.

The news (in Chinese) can be found here.

China is going to focus on 10 Major Technologies!!!

Recently, the patent analysis and early warning group of State Intellectual Property Office has emphasized that China is going to lock eyes on patent analysis and early warning via its internal meeting. China strives to break with the inherent ideas and makes new ideas actively. There is no doubt that such internal report plays a supportive role for the preset guidance and decision-making audience.

The patent analysis and early warning programs of State Intellectual Property Office will focus on the10 major technologies, including, LTE technology (4G), high-performance computer chip instruction system, smart grid technology, bio-breeding technology, high-performance rare earth functional materials, cloud computing data center cooling and energy saving technology, vehicle fuel cell technology, carbon-chemical technology, oil and gas exploration and development of geophysical exploration technology and environmental pollution detection.

The original posting dated 19 Sep 2011 can be found here (in Chinese).