Two months after the new Chinese Patent law came into effect, the CNIPA has released a new set of Patent Examination Guidelines (proposed version) for public comments on Aug 3, 2021. Here are the explanation of the amendments (Chinese only). Here is the full set of proposed amendments (Chinese only). Briefly, the new amendment focuses on the following points: Updated Design Application System, involving requirements for partial designs and GUI applications, obviousness standard for designs, domestic priority, and other procedural requirements; Newly added provisions about the Patent Cooperation Treaty, including incorporation, priority restoration, addition, correction, etc.; Newly added provisions about Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment’; Newly added provisions…