China National Intellectual Property Administration, Measures for the Administration of the Centralized Examination of Patents

Applicability: The term "centralized examination" means a patent examination model, the purpose of which is to strengthen the understanding of the overall technology in a portfolio of patent applications, enhance the validity of examination opinion notices and enhance the quality and efficiency of examinations, wherein the China National Intellectual Property Administration, pursuant to the request of an applicant or provincial-level intellectual property administrative department, conducts a centralized review of a portfolio of patent applications concerning the same critical technology (Article 2).