GlobalIPCo Patent Management System for Chinese applicants

About GlobalIPCo

GlobalIPCo has developed a system that files and manages prosecution of South African patents. The system is integrated with the South African Patent Office’s system to enable users to:

• file South African patents (designs and trademarks);
• late-lodge documents;
• request expedited acceptance / accelerated grant;
• obtain acceptance within 1 month (typically within 2 weeks) of filing;
• arrange publication in the South African Patent Journal (or withdraw and delay acceptance);
• prepare the patent document for issuance; and
• courier the registration certificate within 3 months of filing,

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Automating the entire process enables GlobalIPCo to register South African patents for a fraction of the price charged by traditional firms.

Why choose GlobalIPCo

Apart from being the first system to reduce the time to courier a South African patent from 12-14 months to 3 months, the GlobalIPCo system also reduces South African patent costs by up to 80% (when compared to the price charged by traditional South African patent law firms).

S&Z is the exclusive South African agent for GlobalIPCo

All South African patents instructed through GlobalIPCo are filed by S&Z Patent Attorneys. S&Z is:

• the largest filer of South African patents for Chinese applicants;
• the second largest filer of South African provisional patents (2019 and 2020);
• the largest filer of South African patents (September 2021); and
• the expert witness in most intellectual property tax related litigation.