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浅谈《专利审查指南》中关于“同日双申”的处理方式的修改
China's National Intellectual Property Office has issued Order No. 84, fundamentally altering the "same-day dual application" strategy where applicants could file both utility model and invention patents for identical innovations. Starting January 1, 2026, applicants must abandon their utility model patent rights to obtain invention patent authorization, eliminating the previous option to modify claims and maintain both protections simultaneously.
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