Baidu Patents, or Baidu Zhuanli () is a Chinese free online patent search service, launched on 1 January 2008.Baidu Patents – New free Chinese online source for patent information from China , Patent Information News issue 1/2008, page 5.
Overview The Baidu Patents search engine is the result of a collaboration between the China Patent Information Center (CPIC), the Chinese Patent Office (SIPO) and Baidu.
Baidu Patent Search is said to be integrated with a patent database which amounts to 2.7 million Chinese patents.Kenny Lee, Baidu Patent Search Goes Live, TagEdge weblog, December 29, 2007.
See also Google Patents Software industry in China China Software Industry Association
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