China Changes PAQE Registration Method

2014/06/13

The 2014 National Patent Agent Qualification Examination of China (PAQE) has been opened for registration since May 27th. According to the official of Legal Affair of State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO), there are some specific works improved this year for the candidates' convenience.


According to the official, there are three main changes. Firstly, the register requirements are relaxed, first-year masters with science and engineering college diploma or above can take the exam this year. Secondly, the registration time is prolonged to three weeks, from May 27th to June 16th, while the registration qualifications on-site review time is from June 3rd to June 24th. Thirdly, the amount of test site is increased from 20 to 23, Shijiazhuang, Nanchang and Kunming is newly added to test site cities.


(Source: China IP News)