China Trademark Timeline & Deadline Calculator

See the expected CNIPA milestones from your filing date, and calculate the short response deadlines (refusal review, opposition). Planning estimates — actual times vary by class and examination load.

Filing date (申请日) the date CNIPA receives your application

Got a refusal? Date you received it (optional)

Or: date a conflicting mark began publication (optional — for the 3-month opposition window)

Expected milestones (smooth case)

Milestone	Estimated date	Note

Administrative Your action window Examination

These two deadlines are easy to miss from overseas:
• Refusal review (驳回复审): only 15 days from receiving the CNIPA refusal — a Chinese agent must respond in Chinese.
• Opposition (异议): only 3 months from preliminary publication; after that you must use invalidation instead.

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Planning estimates only, not legal advice. Timelines follow typical CNIPA processing and may shift; always rely on the dates in your official CNIPA documents. Maintained by Huaqing Innovation (Huaqing IP), a CNIPA-recorded agency.

China Trademark Timeline & Deadline Calculator

Expected milestones (smooth case)

Critical deadlines