2024.05.01 | search column
How to research the original Chinese text
With the development of the Chinese economy, intellectual property activities by Chinese companies are also increasing. According to WIPO statistics, China has ranked first in the number of international patent applications for four consecutive years until 2022 (*4). In particular, there are fields that are leading technological development such as IT and EV, and when conducting patent searches, applications filed by these Chinese companies not only need to be searched for expansion in China, but also require prior art searches in Japan. , even if it is an invalid document search, it cannot be ignored, and in fact, it is something that should be actively utilized.
I am a native Japanese speaker with some knowledge of Chinese, but our company also has employees who are native Chinese speakers and native Japanese speakers who have passed the Intellectual Property Translation Certification (Chinese-Japanese translation), and we work together to translate original Chinese texts. We are compatible. In this column, I would like to raise several points regarding Chinese patent searches under such circumstances.