Beijing Patent Attorneys Association was voluntarily launched by 68 patent agencies on 8 January, 2013. The association member is divided into group member and individual member. Among them, the group member means the patent agency registered in Beijing in accordance with the law and the branch institution of the patent agency in Beijing but registered elsewhere; while the individual member means person working in Beijing with patent attorney qualification. Currently, there are nearly 2000 members, including patent agencies with the largest scale and the largest number of patents and the the best professional talents in China.