State Intellectual Property Office announcement

No. 453

In order to implement and deepen the reform and deployment of "delegating power, delegating power, delegating power and improving services", promoting the reform of trademark registration, optimizing the business environment, and improving the level of public services, the method of issuing trademark registration certificates is hereby adjusted, and the announcement is as follows:

1. From January 1, 2022, the trademark registration certificate generated by the registration and other trademark applications will be announced, and the "Notice of Obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate" will be sent after submitting the trademark application in paper form. The registrant will specify the website and Extract the code, log in to China Trademark Network to obtain an electronic trademark registration certificate; log in to the trademark online service system that submits a trademark application electronically to obtain an electronic trademark registration certificate. The electronic trademark registration certificate can be viewed, downloaded and printed by yourself. The State Intellectual Property Office will no longer issue paper trademark registration certificates.

2. Set up a transition period. During the period from October 15 to December 31, 2021, the trademark registration certificate generated by the registration and other trademark applications will be announced, and the "Notice of Obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate" will be sent for submitting the trademark application in paper form. The registrant shall log in the China Trademark Network to obtain the electronic trademark registration certificate according to the designated website and extraction code in the notice, and send the paper trademark registration certificate at the same time; the issuance method of electronically submitting trademark applications remains unchanged for the time being.

Special announcement.

State Intellectual Property Office

October 9, 2021