In order to implement the central government's decision on fostering the construction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and support Macau residents in effective protection of their IP rights in Mainland China, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) will, in the form of a pilot project, facilitate the arrangements for priority examination of invention patent applications submitted by Macau applicants in Mainland China.

Upon this project, the permanent residents in Macau, companies established under Macau Commercial Code, and other legal entities or organizations in Macau can submit the application materials through the Patent Office of CNIPA in Guangzhou or Shenzhen, the applications that meet the relevant conditions can be given priority examination in Mainland China.

The applications applicable to this pilot project must be the invention patent application filed by Macau applicants, and must be in the substantive examination stage in Mainland China. In addition, the technical fields of these applications shall belong to those fields specified in Measures for the Administration of Patent Priority Examination (Order of the CNIPA [No.76]), and the classification number should fall within the scope of Reference Table for Strategic Emerging Industry Classification and International Patent Classification (2021) (Trial).

Macau applicants can submit application materials to the Patent Office of the CNIPA in Guangzhou or Shenzhen in person or by post, but shall not submit applications to two offices repeatedly for the same patent. For specific application procedures, please refer to the Guidelines for Macau SAR Applicants to Apply for Priority Examination of Invention Patents in mainland China. （http://amr.gd.gov.cn/ztzl/gzdbc/)