Invited by the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department (IPD), our President, Dr. Jacqueline Lui, gave a talk for the IP Manager Training Program on Management and Exploitation of Patents.
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Diagnostic Claims in China
9 January 2020The Chinese Patent Law excludes patenting methods of diagnosing or treating a disease. More specifically, this refers to processes of identifying, determining, or eliminating the cause or focus of diseases which are practiced directly on living human or animal bodies. Please keep in mind that instruments used for implementing these methods are still patentable. So […]
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Compositions Limited by Use: A Cautionary Tale
26 October 2022Section 4.2.3, Part II Chapter 10 of the CNIPA’s Examination Guidelines (“Guidelines”) stipulates that if the specification only discloses one property or use of a composition, the composition claim shall be drafted as a “composition limited by the function or the use”. Furthermore, it specifically states that “most pharmaceutical claims shall be drafted as claims […]
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China Announcing More Proposed Amendments to the Examination Guidelines in 2022
17 November 2022It’s been a year and a half since the new Chinese Patent Law came into effect (1 June 2021). Although various versions of draft Examination Guidelines have been released, thus far no official finalized versions have been confirmed. On October 31, 2022, yet another new list of proposed amendments was published1, this time consolidating the […]
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Why Do Examiners Fail to Recognize the Importance of my “Parameter Features”?
28 May 2025The Impact of Parameter Features on Inventiveness ”Parameter features” – numerical or mathematical expressions that define the quantity or physical properties of a subject – frequently appear as technical features within a claim. Often described as numerical ranges or measurements, they frequently play a critical role in addressing technical problems. However, in practice, Examiners and […]
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