Recently, the State Intellectual Property Office approved the change of the name of China (Changzhou) intellectual property protection center to China (Changzhou) intellectual property protection center.

China (Changzhou) intellectual property protection center was approved for construction on December 30, 2016, which is the first intellectual property protection center approved for construction in China. Since its operation, the protection center has implemented patent navigation for industrial planning in 18 key industries, including intelligent hardware, rail transit vehicles, robots, new medical devices, and new energy vehicles, focusing on the construction of Changzhou's top ten industrial chains. It has updated 46 industry navigation early warning analysis reports, completed 3088 patent application services, and accepted 2043 patents. Among them, 1297 patents were prequalified, 970 patents were rapidly authorized, and more than two-thirds of invention patents were prequalified and authorized, and the average authorization period was shortened to three months. The protection center assisted the administrative organs in quickly handling 787 patent infringement disputes, investigating 1456 counterfeit patent cases and mediating 83 cases. 22 times of various types of intellectual property training, nearly 5000 people. In the comprehensive assessment of the national intellectual property protection center of the State Intellectual Property Organization in 2019, Changzhou Protection Center ranked first.

為進(jìn)一步推動(dòng)保護(hù)中心建設(shè)，實(shí)現(xiàn)更加高效、便捷、低成本的知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)“一站式”服務(wù)，同時(shí)，也為與全國(guó)其他保護(hù)中心名稱保持一致，常州保護(hù)中心更名申請(qǐng)獲國(guó)家知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)局批復(fù)同意。

下一步，中國(guó)（常州）知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)保護(hù)中心將充分發(fā)揮保護(hù)中心職能, 緊扣地方產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展需求 , 從人員、載體、業(yè)務(wù)等方面全面推進(jìn)保護(hù)中心建設(shè), 加快打造國(guó)內(nèi)一流、特色鮮明的國(guó)家級(jí)知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)協(xié)同保護(hù)平臺(tái)。

目前，全省已有常州、南京、蘇州、徐州、南通五家知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)保護(hù)中心。