How to submit an invention patent registered outside of China?

Step 1: Please go to IPR Submission page.

Please visit Alibaba IPP Platform at the address https://ipp.alibabagroup.com/ and sign in your IPP account and move to User Center;


Please click “IPR Submission” button and go to IPR Submission page;


Step 2: Please choose the IPR type.

Please choose “Patent”.


Step 3: Please choose the place of IPR registration

If your patent is registered outside of China, please click drop-down button and select “Others”.


Step 4: Please provide the basic information of your invention patent.

1. Please upload a scanned color copy or digital photo of your original patent registration certificate.
Note: Please submit one patent only each time. If you have more than one patent for submission, please submit each patent separately.

2. Please choose type of patent as “Patent for invention” and fill in the details of your invention patent according to the information indicated in your original invention patent registration certificate you have uploaded. Then, please click “Submit for verification” button to submit the verification request of your patent information (see screenshot below).


Step 5: You may click “Add IPR” to submit more IPR information or review IPR Management once you submit the verification request successfully.


You may follow up the status of IPR verification request through IPR Management.


Note:
If the patent owner’s name is inconsistent with the complainant’s name, the identification document of the patent owner and the Power of Attorney are required. Please upload the identification document of the patent owner, enter the identification number and select the expiration date of the POA.


Please download and print out the POA template once all the related IPR information has been filled in. Please affix the official seal/chop on (for entity rights holder) or sign (for individual rights holder) the POA, and then please upload a digital photo or a scanned color copy of the sealed/chopped of signed POA. You may also use the POA prepared and issued by the rights holder and please ensure that the right to enforce the IPR is explicitly authorized by the rights holder in the POA).






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