Filing Requirements for Patent:

1. Name, address and nationality of applicant(s).
2. Name of inventor(s).
3. Type of the application, i.e., a patent for invention, for utility model or for design
4. Information on priority claimed: the filing date, filing number and the country in which the application was filed (if applicable)
5. Specification or Drawings:
         •Patent application for invention or utility model:
　            Description, claims, abstract and drawings (if any, two sets of formal drawings)
         •Patent application for design:
　            Drawings or photographs of the design (min. 3×8cm, max. 15×22cm)
　            Name of the product incorporating the design and requested for protection
6. Executed Power of attorney, which can be submitted later.
7. Original or certified assignment (if applicable), which can be submitted within three months from the Chinese filing date.
8. Certified copy of the prior application (if applicable), which can be submitted within three months from the Chinese filing date.
9. Receipt of Deposit and Viability Proof (if the application concerns a new microorganism, a micro-biological process or a product thereof and involves the use of a micro-organism which is not available to the public), which can be filed within four months from the Chinese filing date.
10. Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence listing in computer readable form (if applicable).

Filing Requirements for PCT National Phase in China

1. PCT publication with the international search report.
2. International preliminary examination report with its annex (if any).
3. Amendments made during the international phase (PCT Article 19 and/or Article 34 amendments, if any).
4. Proposed amendments at the time of national phase entry (PCT Article 28 or Article 41 amendment, if any).
5. Executed Power of attorney, which can be submitted later.
6. Other documents, such as Receipt of Deposit and Viability Proof, Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence listing in computer readable form (if applicable).