Chinese Patent Office
The Chinese Patent Office ( Chinese 国家 知识产权 局 , Pinyin Guójiā Zhīshìchǎnquán Jú , English State Intellectual Property Office - "State Authority for Intellectual Property", SIPO ) is the patent office of the People's Republic of China . It was founded in 1980 under the name Patent Office of the People's Republic of China , the predecessor of SIPO. The name was changed to CNIPA in 2018.