Led by the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO), the English version of “Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention Patent Information Sharing Platform” (https://ncp.patentstar.cn/en/) ,which was developed jointly by the China Patent Information Center (CNPAT), the SIPO Patent Office Examination Center in Beijing, launched officially on April 20.

It is reported that the platform adopts the new online Chinese to English translation feature, realized by CNPAT’s new AI machine translation system. It is free for users at home and abroad. It contains more than 7,000 pieces of domestic and foreign patent information concerning epidemic prevention work, sorted by technical relevance and importance, and is subdivided into 9 first-level branches, 34 second-level branches and 78 third-level branches, covering 9 major technical fields; there is a reports session that consolidates the patent data analysis reports related to epidemic prevention for users to have a quick review of the latest patent research results; users do not need to log in or register, and access is not subject to geographical restrictions.

(Source: China National Intellectual Property Office)