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Singapore and China sign agreement on Patent Data Exchange.

Singapore and China sign Agreement on Patent Data Exchange 29 October 2013 – The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO) have entered an agreement to exchange intellectual property (IP) information and patent data. 2 When implemented, patent examiners in both offices will be able to perform more thorough searches of the prior art. This provides Singapore-based businesses venturing into the Chinese market more certainty that their products and services do not infringe existing patents in China. Companies with thoroughly searched patent applications will also have better chances of having their patents granted. 3 This agreement and the recently implemented Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme between both countries are part of the suite of international agreements that IPOS is ...

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