CNIPA Issues Letter on Identity of Foreign Inventors

Last month, we reported that the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) had begun requiring that Applicants submit an inventor ID number for every inventor along with each inventor’s nationality for Chinese patent applications filed on or after January 1, 2026 (see “CNIPA Implements Inventor ID Requirement“). Pursuant to the change in CNIPA’s inventor information requirements, the inventor ID number can be submitted at the time of filing or...... By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP