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What are CNIPA official notices?

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CNIPA notices are official Chinese communications. Ginbing translates and posts them, and some notices need a customer decision.

After filing, CNIPA communicates through official notices in Chinese. Ginbing posts the Chinese original and an English translation to your order when each official notice is received.

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How Ginbing handles notices

Ginbing reads each CNIPA notice and posts the original, English translation, deadline, and available action in the Notices area of your signed-in order. Messages is a separate room where you can ask about the notice or report suspicious correspondence received outside Ginbing.

A typical early notice is the filing receipt, which confirms CNIPA accepted the application and assigned an application number. A correction request or non-acceptance path can arise before that point. The examination, publication, and registration stages are covered in after you file.

Notices that need a decision

Some notices carry deadlines or need a decision, such as a correction request, a refusal, or a third-party opposition during publication. Ginbing translates and flags these so you can see the issue in time. If CNIPA refuses all or part of the application, read how a refusal changes the filing path.

Watch for look-alike notices

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