Hague Design System Practice Assistant

Problem

Hague international design filings may look like a single WIPO submission, but designating China triggers CNIPA substantive examination, individual designation fees, rejection deadlines, delayed effectiveness, renewals, and record changes. Common mistakes include confusing Agreement articles with Rules, misclassifying CHF WIPO fees from CNY CNIPA fees, overlooking China's declaration requirements for design descriptions and view specifications, and treating priority deadlines or renewal grace periods as static parameters.

Capabilities and Workflow

The skill is organized as role → task → context → flow → rules → output format, giving patent agents and enterprise IPR teams a reviewable practical path:

• International filing workflow: eligibility, DM/1 documents, unity, priority claims, and procedural milestones.
• China designation: China's eight declaration items, CNIPA examination, rejection responses, reexamination, and litigation options.
• Fees and deadlines: separates CHF/WIPO international fees from CNY/CNIPA domestic procedural fees and points to official real-time calculators.
• Changes and renewals: ownership transfers, name/address changes, agent changes, surrenders, limitations, and grace-period renewal checks.
• Search support: uses DesignDB for prior designs, legal status, and competitor monitoring.

Boundaries

It provides practical citations, parameters, and checkpoints, but does not replace formal legal advice. For Chinese novelty, drawing clarity, or divisional rules, consult the Patent Examination Guidelines or related skills. Always verify fee amounts, pixel specifications, and effective dates against WIPO and CNIPA official sources.