The policy of "letting go" promotes the full electronicization of patent certificates.

According to the Announcement on Matters Related to Electronic Seal of Electronic Patent Certificate and Patent Electronic Application Notice issued by the State Intellectual Property Office (No.No. 349), for the authorization announcement date in2020Year3Month3For patent electronic applications after the date (including the current day), the State Intellectual Property Office will issue electronic patent certificates through the patent electronic application system and will no longer issue paper patent certificates. If necessary, the electronic application registration user can make a request through the patent electronic application website to obtain a paper patent certificate.

“Tube release suit”It isstreamlining administration and delegating powerShort for combination and optimization of services.20196Month, the State Council held a national deepening"Pipe release suit”Video and telephone conference on reforming and optimizing the business environmentIn the later period, many specific plans were formulated, one of the important contents is to speed up the promotion and application of electronic business license and electronic seal, and simplify the on-site registration link. ministries and commissions under the state council have strengthened the reform of electronic business licenses, electronic seals,June18day,The General Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development "Opinions on the Electronic Production Safety License and Other Certificates of Construction Enterprises" clearly affirms the legal effect of the construction industry safety production license.July31Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social SecurityEnable professional and technical qualification electronic certificate, at present, Beijing, Zhejiang and other regions have been fully implemented.

The key technology of electronic certificate is electronic seal. Ministries and local governments are responding to the national"Internet+Government affairs "policy, actively promote electronic certificates, use electronic seals, and emphasize that" electronic certificates stamped with electronic seals have the same legal effect as paper certificates ". Compared with the traditional paper certificate, the electronic certificate has obvious advantages: first of all, the electronic certificate only needs to be authenticated online. It is more helpful to improve the efficiency of government affairs and save the time and economic cost of handling people. Secondly, the electronic certificate uses digital encryption and other technologies to ensure tamper-proof and non-repudiation. At the same time, it also ensures that the examination and approval process leaves traces throughout the process, and promotes the transparent, efficient and standardized operation of the examination and approval work. Finally, the electronic certificate is conducive to preservation, preservation costs are low, do not need to set up a special preservation space. In practice, it is often encountered that the certificate holder loses the paper certificate and has to go through it again. The procedures are very cumbersome and the replacement time is long, which brings inconvenience to the holder.

In addition to fully electronic patent certificates, the State Intellectual Property Office also stipulates that since20202Month17Since then, the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, the patent agencies and the intellectual property protection centers./The FATC no longer provides paper copies of electronic patent application notices and decisions. If the applicant or the right holder has doubts about the authenticity of the electronic patent certificate, notice and decision electronic documents, it can be verified through the patent electronic application website.