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Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (promulgated by Decree No. 306 of the State Council of China on June 15, 2001, and revised by the Decision of January 9, 2010, of the State Council on Amending the Implementation Regulations of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China), China

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Details Details Year of Version 2010 Dates Amended up to: February 1, 2010 Entry into force: July 1, 2001 Issued: June 15, 2001 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Genetic Resources Subject Matter (secondary) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Notes The Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of China issued on June 15, 2001, have been amended and revised for the first time in 2002, and for the second time in 2010. This version of the second revision of the Regulations incorporates all the amendments up to the "Decision of January 9, 2010, for Amending the Implementation Regulations of the Patent Law of China" (the second amendment), which entered into force on February 1, 2010. For the amendments made by the second amendment, see: - Articles 2, 6-9, 11-18, 20, 26-28, 30-32, 34-36, 40-41, 44, 55-57 and 59-60; - Articles 71-78, 83-85, 87-95, 97-107, 109-110 and 112-114. The second amendment adds especially new Articles 26 &109 on genetic resources to this version of the second revision of the Regulations.

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 Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (promulgated by Decree No. 306 of the State Council of China on June 15, 2003, and revised by the Decision of January, 9, 2010, of the State Council on Amending the Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China)

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Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law

of the People’s Republic of China

(Promulgated by Decree No. 306 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on June 15, 2001, amended for the first time in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Amending the Implementing Regulation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China on December 28, 2002, amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Amending the Implementing Regulation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China on January 9, 2010, and effective as of February 1, 2010)

Chapter I General Provisions

Rule 1 These Implementing Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Law).

Rule 2 Any formalities prescribed by the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations shall be complied with in a written form or in any other form prescribed by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council.

Rule 3 Any document submitted in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations shall be in Chinese; the standard scientific and technical terms shall be used if there is a prescribed one set forth by the State; where no generally accepted translation in Chinese can be found for a foreign name or scientific or technical term, the one in the original language shall be also indicated.

Where any certificate or certifying document submitted in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations is in a foreign language, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council may, when it deems necessary, request a Chinese translation of the certificate or the certifying document be submitted within a specified time limit; where the translation is not submitted within the specified time limit, the certificate or certifying document shall be deemed not to have been submitted.

Rule 4 Where any document is sent by mail to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, the date of mailing indicated by the postmark on the envelope shall be deemed to be the date of filing; where the date of mailing indicated by the postmark on the envelope is illegible, the date on which the Patent Administration Department under the State Council receives the document shall be the date of filing, except where the date of mailing is proved by the party concerned.

Any document of the Patent Administration Department under the State Council may be served by mail, by personal delivery or by other forms. Where any party concerned appoints a patent agency, the document shall be sent to the patent agency; where no patent agency is appointed, the document shall be sent to the liaison person named in the request.

Where any document is sent by mail by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, the 16th day from the date of mailing shall be presumed to be the date on which the party concerned receives the document.

Where any document is delivered personally in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, the date of delivery is the date on which the party concerned receives the document.

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Where the address of any document is not clear and it cannot be sent by mail, the document may be served by making an announcement. At the expiration of one month from the date of the announcement, the document shall be deemed to be served.

Rule 5 The first day of any time limit prescribed in the Patent Law or these Implementing Regulations shall not be calculated as part of the time limit. Where a time limit is calculated in years or months, it shall expire on the corresponding day of the last month; if there is no corresponding day in such month, the time limit shall expire on the last day of that month; if the date of expiration of a time limit falls on a statutory holiday, it shall expire on the first working day following that holiday.

Rule 6 (Incorporating original Rule 7) Where a time limit prescribed in the Patent Law or these Implementing Regulations or specified by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council is not observed by a party concerned because of force majeure, resulting in loss of his or its rights, he or it may, within two months from the date on which the impediment is removed, at the latest within two years immediately following the expiration of that time limit, request the Patent Administration Department under the State Council to restore his or its rights.

Apart from the situations specified in the preceding paragraph, where a time limit prescribed in the Patent Law or these Implementing Regulations or specified by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council is not observed by a party concerned because of any other justified reason than the aforementioned one, resulting in loss of his or its rights, he or it may, within two months from the date of receipt of a notification from the Patent Administration Department under the State Council , state the reasons and request the Patent Administration Department under the State Council to restore his or its rights.

When a party requests for an extension of a time limit in accordance with the provisions in the paragraph one or two, he or it, shall submit a written application for right restoration, state the reasons, enclose relevant supporting documents if necessary, and go through the relevant formalities that should be done before losing the rights; as well as pay application fees for requesting for restoring his or its rights, according to the provision in paragraph two of this Rule.

Where the party concerned makes a request for an extension of a time limit specified by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, he or it shall, before the time limit expires, state the reasons to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council and go through the relevant formalities.

The provisions of paragraphs one and two of this Rule shall not be applicable to the time limit referred to in Articles 24, 29, 42 and 68 of the Patent Law.

Rule 7 (Original Rule 8) Where an application for a patent concerning interests of national defense and requires to be kept confidential, the application for patent shall be filed with the National Defense Patent Institution (NDPI) of the State. Where any application for patent accepted by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council relates to interests of national defense and requiring to be kept confidential is, the application shall be forwarded to the National Defense Patent Institution (NDPI) of the State for examination in time, and the Patent Administration Department under the State Counsil shall issue the decision to grant a national defense patent, on condition that no reason of objection is raised after the examination by the National Defense Patent Institution.

Where the Patent Administration Department under the State Council holds that a patent application for an invention or utility model involves state security or substantial interests apart from national defense, and is required to be kept confidential, it shall make a timely decision to handle such applications as an application for confidential patent and notify the applicant accordingly. Special procedure of examination and reexamination of an application for a confidential patent, as well as invalidation declaration shall subject to the provisions provided by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council.

Rule 8 (Newly added)

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An invention or utility model made in China as stipulated in Article 20 of the Patent Law refers to the invention or utility model, of which the essense of technical scheme is completed within the territory of China.

Any entity or individual intending to file a patent application in a foreign country for an invention or utility model made in China, shall make a request for a confidentiality examination conducted by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council in one of the following ways:

(1) Where a party intends to directly file a patent application in a foreign country or file an international patent application to a related foreign agency, he or it shall, make a request in advance to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council and describe in detail the technical scheme.

(2) Where a party prepares to file a patent application in a foreign country or file an international patent application to a related foreign agency after applying at the Patent Administration Department under the State Council for a patent, he or it shall, make such request before applying in a foreign country or filing the international patent application to a related foreign agency.

Where a party files an international patent application with the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, he or it is regarded as having made such request for confidentiality examination at the same time.

Rule 9 (Newly added) If the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, through deleberation after receipt of the request specified in Rule 8, holds that the invention or utility model is likely to involve national security or substantial interests requiring to be kept confidential, it shall timely notify the applicant of confidentiality examination. The applicant who has not received such notification within 4 months after the date of request can file a patent application in a foreign country or file an international patent application to a related foreign agency.

Where the Patent Administration Department under the State Council sends the notice as stated in previous paragraph, it shall make in time a decision on whether such confidentiality should be kept, and notify the applicant. If the apllicant does not received any decision requiring confidentiality within 6 months upon the submitting of the request, he or it can file a patent application in a foreign country or file an international patent application to a related foreign agency.

Rule 10 Any invention-creation that is contrary to the laws referred to in Article 5 of the Patent Law shall not include the invention-creation merely because the exploitation of which is prohibited by the laws.

Rule 11 The date of filing referred to in the Patent Law, except for those referred to in Articles 28 and 42, means the priority date where priority is claimed.

The date of filing referred to in these Implementing Regulations, except as otherwise prescribed, means the date of filing prescribed in Article 28 of the Patent Law.

Rule 12 (Original Rule 11) "A service invention-creation made by a person in the execution of tasks of the entity to which he belongs" referred to in Article 6 of the Patent Law means any invention-creation made:

(1) in the course of performing his own duty;

(2) in execution of any task, other than his own duty, which was entrusted to him by the entity to which he belongs;

(3) within one year after the retirement, transfer from the entity to which he originally belongs or the labor and personnel relationship being terminated, where the invention-creation relates to his own duty or the other task entrusted to him by the entity to which he previously belonged.

“The entity to which he belongs" referred to in Article 6 of the Patent Law includes the entity in which the

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person concerned is a temporary staff member. "Material and technical means of the entity" referred to in Article 6 of the Patent Law mean the entity's money, equipment, spare parts, raw materials or technical materials which are not disclosed to the public.

Rule 13 "Inventor" or "creator" referred to in the Patent Law means any person who makes creative contributions to the substantive features of an invention-creation. Any person who, during the course of accomplishing the invention-creation, is responsible only for organisational work, or who offers facilities for making use of material and technical means, or who takes part in other auxiliary functions, shall not be considered as inventor or creator.

Rule 14 (Incorporating original Rule 15) Except for the assignment of the patent right in accordance with Article 10 of the Patent Law, where the patent right is transferred because of any other reason, the person or persons concerned shall, accompanied by relevant certified documents or legal papers, request the Patent Administration Department under the State Council to register a transfer of patent right.

Any license contract for exploitation of the patent which has been concluded by the patentee with an entity or individual shall, within three months from the date of entry into force of the contract, be submitted to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council for the record.

If a patent right is pledged, the pledgor and pledgee shall go through registration procedure of the pledge at the Patent Administration Department under the State Council jointly.

Chapter 2 Application for a Patent

Rule 15 Anyone who applies for a patent in written form shall file with the Patent Administration Department under the State Council application documents in duplicate.

Anyone who applies for a patent in other forms as specified by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall comply with the specified requirements.

Any applicant who appoints a patent agency to apply for a patent, or to attend to other patent matters at the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, shall submit at the same time a power of attorney indicating the scope of the power entrusted.

Where there are two or more applicants and no patent agency is appointed, unless otherwise stated in the request, the applicant named first in the request shall be the representative.

Rule 16 (Original Rule 17) Request for application of a patent for invention, utility model or design shall clearly state the following items:

(1) The title of invention, utility model or design;

(2) Where the applicant is a Chinese entity or individual, the name, address, post code, organisation code or citizen ID number; where the applicant is a foreign individual, foreign enterprise or other foreign organisation, the name, nationality or the country or district in which the applicant was registered;

(3) Name of the inventor or designer;

(4) Where the applicant has appointed a patent agency, the agency name, agency code, as well as the name, license number and contact telephone number of the patent attorney appointed by the patent agency;

(5) Where the priority of an earlier application is claimed, the date and number of application of the prior application as well as the name of the competent authority with which the application was filed;

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(6) The signature or seal of the applicant or the patent agency;

(7) A list of application documents;

(8) A list of the documents appending to the application; and

(9) Any other relevant items which need to be indicated.

Rule 17 (Incorporating original Rule 18) The description of an application for a patent for invention or utility model shall state the title of the invention or utility model, which shall be the same as it appears in the request. The description shall include the following:

(1) Technical field: specifying the technical field to which the technical solution for which protection is sought pertains;

(2) Background art: indicating the background art which can be regarded as useful for the understanding, searching and examination of the invention or utility model, and when possible, citing the documents reflecting such art;

(3) Contents of the invention: disclosing the technical problem the invention or utility model aims to settle and the technical solution adopted to resolve the problem; and stating, with reference to the prior art, the advantageous effects of the invention or utility model;

(4) Description of figures: briefly describing each figure in the drawings, if any;

(5) Mode of carrying out the invention or utility model: describing in detail the optimally selected mode contemplated by the applicant for carrying out the invention or utility model; where appropriate, this shall be done in terms of examples, and with reference to the drawings, if any.

The manner and order referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be followed by the applicant for a patent for invention or for utility model, and each of the parts shall be preceded by a heading, unless, because of the nature of the invention or utility model, a different manner or order would result in a better understanding and a more economical presentation.

The description of the invention or utility model shall use standard terms and be in clear wording, and shall not contain such references to the claims as: "as described in claim…¬", nor shall it contain commercial advertising.

Where an application for a patent for invention contains disclosure of one or more nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences, the description shall contain a sequence listing in compliance with the standard prescribed by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council. The sequence listing shall be submitted as a separate part of the description, and a copy of the said sequence listing in machine-readable form shall also be submitted in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Administration Department under the State Council.

The description of the utility model for which a patent is applied for shall contain drawings indicating the shape, structure or their combanition of the product for which protection is sought.

Rule 18 Several drawings of the invention or utility model shall be numbered and arranged in numerical order consecutively as "Figure l, Figure 2…¬"

Reference signs not mentioned in the text of the description of the invention or utility model shall not appear in the drawings. Reference signs not mentioned in the drawings shall not appear in the text of the description. Reference signs for the same composite part shall be used consistently throughout the application document.

The drawings shall not contain any other explanatory notes, except words which are indispensable.

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Rule 19 The claims shall state the technical features of the invention or utility model.

If there are several claims, they shall be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals.

The technical terminology used in the claims shall be consistent with that used in the description. The claims may contain chemical or mathematical formulae but no drawings. They shall not, except where absolutely necessary, contain such references to the description or drawings as: "as described in part…¬of the description", or "as illustrated in Figure…¬of the drawings".

The technical features mentioned in the claims may, in order to facilitate quicker understanding of the claim, make reference to the corresponding reference signs in the drawings of the description. Such reference signs shall follow the corresponding technical features and be placed in parentheses. They shall not be construed as limiting the claims.

Rule 20 The claims shall have an independent claim, and may also contain dependent claims.

The independent claim shall outline the technical solution of an invention or utility model and state the essential technical features necessary for the solution of its technical problem.

The dependent claim shall, by additional technical features, further define the claim which it refers to.

Rule 21 An independent claim of an invention or utility model shall contain a preamble portion and a characterising portion, and be presented in the following form:

(1) A preamble portion: indicating the title of the claimed subject matter of the technical solution of the invention or utility model, and those technical features which are necessary for the definition of the claimed subject matter but which, in combination, are part of the most related prior art;

(2) A characterising portion: stating, in such words as "characterised in that..." or in similar expressions, the technical features of the invention or utility model, which distinguish it from the most related prior art. Those features, in combination with the features stated in the preamble portion, serve to define the scope of protection of the invention or utility model.

Where the manner specified in the preceding paragraphs is not appropriate to be followed because of the nature of the invention or utility model, an independent claim may be presented in a different manner.

An invention or utility model shall have only one independent claim, which shall precede all the dependent claims relating to the same invention or utility model.

Rule 22 Any dependent claim of an invention or utility model shall contain a reference portion and a characterising portion, and be presented in the following manner:

(1) A reference portion: indicating the serial number(s) of the claim(s) referred to, and the title of the subject matter;

(2) A characterising portion: stating the additional technical features of the invention or utility model.

Any dependent claim shall only refer to the preceding claim or claims. Any multiple dependent claims, which refer to two or more claims, shall refer to the preceding one in the alternative only, and shall not serve as a basis for any other multiple dependent claims.

Rule 23 The abstract shall consist of a summary of the disclosure as contained in the application for patent for invention or utility model. The summary shall indicate the title of the invention or utility model, and the technical field to which the invention or utility model pertains, and shall be drafted in a way which allows

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the clear understanding of the technical problem, the gist of the technical solution of that problem, and the principal use or uses of the invention or utility model.

The abstract may contain the chemical formula which best characterises the invention. In an application for a patent which contains drawings, the applicant shall provide a figure which best characterises the technical features of the invention or utility model. The scale and the clarity of the figure shall be as such that a reproduction with a linear reduction in size to 4cm x 6cm would still enable all details to be clearly distinguished. The whole text of the abstract shall contain not more than 300 words. No commercial advertising shall be contained in the abstract.

Rule 24 Where an invention for which a patent is applied for concerns a new biological material which is not available to the public and which cannot be described in such a manner as to enable the invention to be exploited by a person skilled in the art, the applicant shall, in addition to the other requirements provided for in the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations, go through the following procedures:

(1) Depositing a sample of the biological material with a depositary institution designated by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council before, or at the latest, on the date of filing (or the priority date where priority is claimed), and submit at the time of filing or at the latest, within four months from the filing date, a receipt of deposit and the viability proof from the depository institution; where they are not submitted within the specified time limit, the sample of the biological material shall be deemed not to have been deposited;

(2) Providing in the application document relevant information of the characteristics of the biological material;

(3) Indicating, where the application relates to the deposit of the biological material, in the request and the description the scientific name (with its Latin name) of the biological material and the title and address of the depositary institution, the date on which the sample of the biological material was deposited and the accession number of the deposit; where, at the time of filing, they are not indicated, they shall be provided within four months from the date of filing; where after the expiration of the time limit they are not provided, the sample of the biological material shall be deemed not to have been deposited.

Rule 25 Where the applicant for a patent for invention has deposited a sample of the biological material in accordance with the provisions of Rule 24 of the Implementing Regulations, and after the application for patent for invention is published, any entity or individual that intends to make use of the biological material to which the application relates, for the purpose of experiment, shall make a request to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, containing the following items:

(1) The name and address of the requesting person;

(2) An undertaking not to make the biological material available to any other person;

(3) An undertaking to use the biological material for experimental purpose only before the grant of the patent right.

Article 26 (Newly added) The genetic resources referred to in the Patent Law means any material taken from human, animal, plant or microorganism, containing genetically functioning units with actual or potential value; the invention-creation accomplished depending on the genetic resources means those invention-creation of which the accomplishment uses the genetic function of genetic resources.

Where the the applicant seeks to apply for patent for such invention-creation completed on genetic resources, he or it shall so state in the request, fill in prescribed forms issued by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council.

Rule 27 Where an applicant applies for protection of colors, drawings or photos in color shall be submitted.

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The applicant shall submit the relevant drawings or photographs concerning the contents of each design product that require protection.

Rule 28 The concise description of the design shall include the name and function of the design product, the essential points of the design, and shall designate one drawing or photo that best indicates the essential points of the design. The brief description shall include the colors for which protection is sought or the omission of the views of the design product.

If one application is made for a design patent for several similar designs of the same product, one of them shall be designated as the basic design in the brief description.

A concise description shall not contain any commercial advertising and shall not be used to indicate the function of the product.

Rule 29 The Patent Administration Department under the State Council, when considers it necessary, may require the applicant for a design patent to submit samples or models of the product incorporating the design. The volume of the sample or model submitted shall not exceed 30cm x 30cm x 30cm, and its weight shall not surpass l5 kilograms. Articles that are perishable, easily damaged or dangerous shall not be submitted as samples or models.

Rule 30 (Incorporating original Rule 31) The international exhibition recognised by Chinese government prescribed in article 24, subparagraph (1) of the Patent Law refers to the international exhibitions registered or recognised by the Bureau of International Exposition as prescribed by the Convention of International Exhibitions.

The academic or technological meeting referred to in Article 24, subparagraph (2) of the Patent Law means any academic or technological meeting organised by a competent department concerned under the State Council or by a national academic or technological association.

Where any invention-creation for which a patent is applied falls into the provisions of Article 24, subparagraph (l) or (2) of the Patent Law, the applicant shall, when filing the application, make a declaration and, within a time limit of two months from the date of filing, submit certifying documents issued by the entity which organised the international exhibition or academic or technological meeting, stating the fact that the invention-creation was exhibited or published, together with the date of such exhibition or publication.

Where any invention-creation for which a patent is applied falls into the provisions of Article 24, subparagraph (3) of the Patent Law, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council may, when consider it necessary, require the applicant to submit the relevant certifying documents within the specified time limit.

Where the applicant fails to make a declaration and submit certifying documents as required in paragraph 3 of this Rule, or fails to submit certifying documents within the specified time limit as required in paragraph 4 of this Rule, the provisions of Article 24 of the Patent Law shall not apply to the application.

Rule 31 (Original Rule 32) Where the foreign priority is claimed in accordance with Article 30 of the Patent Law, the duplicate of the earlier application documents submitted by the applicant shall be certified by the original authority in which the application was filed. According to the agreement signed between the Patent Administration Department under the State Council and the authority accepted the earlier application, where the Patent Administration Department under the State Council obtains the duplicate of the earlier application documents by way of electronic transmission, it is deemed that the applicant has submitted the duplicate of the earlier application documents that has been certificated by the original authority. Where the domestic priority is claimed, the applicant, if has indicated the filing date and the application number of the prior application, will be deemed as having submitted a copy of the earlier application document.

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Where priority is claimed, but the earlier filing date and application number as well as one or two items of information of the authority with which the earlier application was filed are omitted or mistakenly written in the request, by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall inform the applicant to make amendments within a certain period of time. Failure of making amendments within that period is deemed as having not claimed priority.

Where the name or title of the applicant claiming priority differs from that recorded in the copy of the earlier application documents, the applicant shall submit document certifying the assignment of priority. Failure of such submission is deemed as having not claimed priority.

Where the applicant for a design patent claimes foreign priority and the earlier application does not contain a brief description, if the brief description he or it submits according to Article 28 of the Patent Law does not exceed the scope claimed by the drawing or photo of the earlier application documents, the priority is not affected.

Rule 32 An applicant may claim one or more priorities for an application for a patent; where multiple priorities are claimed, the priority period for the application shall be calculated from the earliest priority date.

Where an applicant claims the right of domestic priority, if the earlier application is one for a patent for invention, he or it may file an application for a patent for invention or utility model for the same subject matter; if the earlier application is one for a patent for utility model, he or it may file an application for a patent for utility model or invention for the same subject matter. However, when the later application is filed, if the subject matter of the earlier application falls into any of the following, it may not be taken as the basis for claiming domestic priority:

(1) where the applicant has claimed foreign or domestic priority;

(2) where it has been granted a patent right;

(3) where it is the subject matter of a divisional application filed as prescribed.

Where the domestic priority is claimed, the earlier application shall be deemed to be withdrawn from the date on which the later application is filed.

Rule 33 Where an application for a patent is filed or the right of foreign priority is claimed by an applicant having no habitual residence or business office in China, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council may, when consider it necessary, require the applicant to submit the following documents:

(1) A certificate concerning the nationality of an individual applicant;

(2) A document certifying the country or region where the it is registered, if the applicant is an enterprise or other organisation;

(3) A document certifying that the country, to which the foreigner, foreign enterprise or other foreign organisation belongs, recognises that Chinese entities and individuals are, under the same conditions as those applied to its nationals, entitled to the patent right, the right of priority and other related rights in that country.

Rule 34 Two or more inventions or utility models belonging to a single general inventive concept which may be filed as one application in accordance with the provision of Article 3l, paragraph one of the Patent Law shall be technically inter-related and contain one or more of the same or corresponding special technical features. The expression "special technical features" shall mean those technical features that define a contribution which each of those inventions or utility models, considered as a whole, makes over the prior art.

Rule 35 (Original Rule 36) Pursuant to Article 31, paragraph two of the Patent Law, filing an application for multiple similar designs

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of the same product, other designs of the same product in said application shall be similar to the basic design designated in the concise description. There must not be more than 10 similar designs in one application for a design patent.

“Two or more designs belonging to the same class or sold or used in sets” referred to in Article 31, paragraph two of the Patent Law refers to products belonging to the same general class and are conventionally sold or used at the same time, and the designs of each product have the same design conception.

Where two or more designs are filed as one application, they shall be numbered consecutively and the numbers shall be marked before the titles of each drawing or photo of the product incorporating the design.

Rule 36 When withdrawing an application for a patent, the applicant shall submit to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council a declaration to that effect stating the title of the invention-creation, the filing number and the date of filing.

Where a declaration to withdraw an application for a patent is submitted after the preparations for the publication of the application document has been completed by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, the application document shall be published as scheduled. However, the declaration withdrawing the application for patent shall be published in the next issue of the Patent Gazette.

Chapter 3 Examination and Approval of Patent Applications

Rule 37 Where any of the following events occurs, a person who makes examination or hears a case in the procedures of preliminary examination, examination as to substance, reexamination or invalidation shall, on his own initiative or upon the request of the parties concerned or any other interested person, be excluded from excising his function:

(1) where he is a near relative of the party concerned or the agent of the party concerned;

(2) where he has an interest in the application for patent or the patent right;

(3) where he has any other kinds of relations with the party concerned or with the agent of the party concerned that may influence impartial examination and hearing.

(4) where a member of the Patent Reexamination Board who has taken part in the examination of the same application.

Rule 38 Upon the receipt of an application for a patent for invention or utility model consisting of a request, a description (drawings must be included in an application for utility model) and claims, or an application for a patent for design consisting of a request, drawings or photographs showing the design and a brief description, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall accord the date of filing, issue a filing number, and notify the applicant.

Rule 39 In any of the following circumstances, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall refuse to accept the application and notify the applicant accordingly:

(1) where the application for a patent for invention or utility model does not contain a request, a description (the description of utility model does not contain drawings) or claims, or the application for a patent for design does not contain a request, drawings or photographs, or brief description;

(2) where the application is not written in Chinese;

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(3) where the application is not in conformity with the provisions of Rule121, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations;

(4) where the request does not contain the name or title of the applicant, or does not contain the address of the applicant;

(5) where the application is obviously not in conformity with the provisions of Article 18, or of Article l9, paragraph one of the Patent Law;

(6) where the kind of protection (patent for invention, utility model or design) of the application for a patent is not clear and definite or cannot be ascertained.

Rule 40 Where the description states that it contains explanatory notes to the drawings but the drawings or part of them are missing, the applicant shall, within the time limit specified by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, either furnish the drawings or make a declaration to delete the explanatory notes. If the drawings are submitted later, the date of their delivery at, or mailing to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall be deemed as the date of filing the application; if the explanatory notes to the drawings are deleted, the original date of filing shall be retained.

Rule 41 (Original Rule 13) If two or more applicants apply separately on the same day (the filing date, or the priority date if available) for a patent on the same invention-creation, the patents shall upon being informed by the Patent Department under the State Council, on its own initiative, negotiate with each other to ascertain the applicant.

Where an applicant files an application for a utility model patent and invention patent for the same invention-creation on the same day (the filing date), the applicant shall declare that he or it has applied for the other patent for the same invention-creation. Without such a declaration, the Article 9, paragraph one of the Patent Law shall apply, i.e only one patent can be granted for a same invention.

The Patent Department under the State Council, when announces the grant of patent for a utility model, shall also announce that the applicant has made the declaration that a invention patent has concurrently been applied for as stated in the paragraph 2 of this Rule.

If no reason of objection was found during the examination of a patent application, the applicant shall be notified by the Patent Department under the State Council to declare within prescribed time limit to give up the utility model patent right. Where the applicant makes such a declaration, the Patent Department under the State Council shall make a decision to grant the applicant the invention patent, and announce this declaration while announcing the grant of invention patent; where an applicant refuses to give up the utility model patent right, the Patent Department shall deny the application for invention patent; where the applicant does not reply within the prescribed time limit, the application for an invention patent shall be deemed withdrawn.

The utility model patent right is terminated upon the date of announcing the grant of the invention patent.

Rule 42 Where an application for a patent contains two or more inventions, utility models or designs, the applicant may, before the expiration of the time limit provided for in Rule 54, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations, submit to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council a divisional application. However, where an application for patent has been rejected, withdrawn or is deemed to have been withdrawn, no divisional application may be filed.

If the Patent Administration Department under the State Council finds that an application for a patent is not in conformity with the provisions of Article 3l of the Patent Law or of Rule 34 or 35 of these Implementing Regulations, it shall invite the applicant to amend the application within a specified time limit; if the applicant fails to make any response after the expiration of the specified time limit, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

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The divisional application may not change the kind of protection of the initial application.

Rule 43 A divisional application filed in accordance with Rule 42 of these Implementing Regulations shall be entitled to the filing date and, if priority is claimed, the priority date of the initial application, provided that the divisional application does not go beyond the scope of disclosure contained in the initial application.

The divisional application shall go through all the procedures in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations.

The filing number and the date of filing of the initial application shall be indicated in the request for a divisional application. When the divisional application is filed, it shall be accompanied by a copy of the initial application; if the initial application enjoys priority, a copy of the priority document of the initial application shall also be submitted.

Rule 44 "Preliminary examination" referred to in Articles 34 and 40 of the Patent Law means the check of an application for a patent to see whether or not it contains the documents as provided for in Articles 26 or 27 of the Patent Law and other necessary documents, and whether or not those documents are in the prescribed form; such check shall also include the following:

(1) Whether or not an application for a patent for invention obviously falls under Articles 5 or 25 of the Patent Law, or is not in conformity with the provisions of Article l8 or of Article l9, paragraph one, or Article 20, paragraph one of the Patent Law, or Rule 16, or Rule 26, paragraph two of this Implementing Rules, or is obviously not in conformity with the provisions of Article 2 paragraph two, or Article 26, paragraph five, or Article 31, paragraph one, or Article 33 of the Patent Law, or of Rule 17 to Rule 21 of these Implementing Regulations;

(2) whether or not an application for a patent for utility model obviously falls under Article 5 or 25 of the Patent Law, or is not in conformity with the provisions of Article l8 or of Article l9, paragraph one, or Article 20, paragraph one of the Patent Law, or Rule 16 to 19, or Rule 21 to 23 of these Impelementing Rules, or is obviously not in conformity with the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 3 or Article 22, paragraph two or four, or Article 26, paragraph three or four, or of Article 31, paragraph one, or of Article 33 of the Patent Law, or of Rule 20, or of Rule 43, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations, or is not entitled to a patent right in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Patent Law;

(3) whether or not an application for a patent for design obviously falls under Article 5, or Article 25, paragraph one, Subparagraph 6 of the Patent Law, or is not in conformity with the provisions of Article l8 or of Article l9, paragraph one of the Patent Law, or with the provisions of Rule 16, Rule 27, Rule 28 of these Implementing Rules, or is obviously not in conformity with the provisions of Article 2, paragraph four, or of Article 23, paragraph one, or Article 27, paragraph two, or Article 31, paragraph two, or Article 33 of the Patent Law, or of Rule 43, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations, or is not entitled to a patent right in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Patent Law.

(4) whether or not the application documents comply with the provisions of Rule 2 and Rule 3, paragraph one of the Implementing Regulations.

The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall notify the applicant of its opinions and require the applicant to state the observations or to correct the application within the specified time limit. If the applicant fails to make any response within the specified time limit, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. Where, after the applicant has made the observations or the corrections, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council finds that the application is still not in conformity with the provisions of the preceding subparagraphs, the application shall be rejected.

Rule 45 Apart from the application for patent, any document relating to the patent application which is submitted to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, shall, in any of the following circumstances, be deemed not to have been submitted:

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(1) where the document is not presented in the prescribed form or the indications therein are not in conformity with the prescriptions;

(2) where no certifying document is submitted as prescribed.

The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall notify the applicant of its opinion after checking that the document is deemed not to have been submitted.

Rule 46 Where the applicant requests an earlier publication of its or his application for a patent for invention, a statement shall be made to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council. The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall, after preliminary examination of the application, publish it immediately, unless it is to be rejected.

Rule 47 The applicant shall, when indicating in accordance with Article 27 of the Patent Law the product incorporating the design and the class to which that product belongs, refer to the classification of products for designs published by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council. Where no indication, or an incorrect indication, of the class to which the product incorporating the design belongs is made, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall supply the indication or correct it.

Rule 48 Any person may, from the date of publication of an application for a patent for invention till the date of announcing the grant of the patent right, submit to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council his observations, with reasons therefor, on the application which is not in conformity with the provisions of the Patent Law.

Rule 49 Where the applicant for a patent for invention cannot furnish, for justified reasons, the documents concerning any search or results of any examination specified in Article 36 of the Patent Law, it or he shall make a statement to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council and submit them when the said documents are available.

Rule 50 The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall, when proceeding on its own initiative to examine an application for a patent in accordance with Article 35, paragraph two of the Patent Law, notify the applicant accordingly.

Rule 51 When a request for examination as to substance is made, and that, within the time limit of three months after the receipt of the notification of the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, the application has entered into examination as to substance, the applicant for a

Within two months from the date of filing, the applicant for a patent for utility model or design may amend the application on its or his own initiative.

Where the applicant amends the application after receiving the notification of opinions of the examination as to substance of the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, he or it shall amend the defects as pointed out in the notification.

The Patent Administration Department under the State Council may, on its own initiative, correct the obvious clerical mistakes and symbol mistakes in the documents of application for a patent. Where the Patent Administration Department under the State Council corrects mistakes on its own initiative, it shall notify the applicant.

Rule 52 When an amendment to the description or the claims in an application for a patent for invention or utility model is made, a replacement sheet in prescribed form shall be submitted, unless the amendment

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concerns only the alteration, insertion or deletion of a few words. Where an amendment to the drawings or photographs of an application for a patent for design is made, a replacement sheet shall be submitted as prescribed.

Rule 53 In accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of the Patent Law, the circumstances where an application for a patent for invention shall be rejected by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council after examination as to substance are as follows:

(1) Where the application falls under the provisions of Article 5 or 25 of the Patent Law, or the applicant is not entitled to a patent right in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Patent Law.

(2) Where the application does not comply with the provisions of Article 2, paragraph two, or Article 20, paragraph one, Article 22, Article 26, paragraph three or four or five, or Article 31, paragraph one of the Patent Law ,or of Rule 20, paragraph two of these Implementing Regulations;

(3) Where the amendment to the application does not comply with the provisions of Article 33 of the Patent Law, or the divisional application does not comply with the provisions of Rule 43, paragraph one of theImplementing Regulations.

Rule 54 After the Patent Administration Department under the State Council issues the notification to grant the patent right, the applicant shall go through the procedures of registration within two months from the date of receipt of the notification. If the applicant completes the procedures of registration within the said time limit, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall grant the patent right, issue the patent certificate and announce it.

If the applicant does not go through the procedures of registration within the time limit, he or it shall be deemed to have abandoned its or his right to obtain the patent right.

Rule 55 (Newly added) If no reason for rejection was found after the examination of an application for a confidential patent, the Patent Department under the State Council shall issue a decision to grant the confidential patent, issue the confidential patent certificate, and register related items to the confidentiality patent.

Rule 56 (Original Rule 55) After the announcement of the decision to grant a patent for utility model or for a design, the patentee or any other interested person of the said patent as decribed in Article 60 of the Patent Law may request the Patent Administration Department under the State Council to make an evaluation report on the patent.

Where such person requests for an evaluation report on the patent, he shall submit a request, indicating the patent number of the said patent. Each request shall be limited for one patent.

Where a request for an evaluation report on a patent does not comply with relevant provisions, the Patent Department under the State Council shall inform the applicant to make corrections within prescribed time limit; if the applicant does not submit any amendment or corrections after the expiration of the due date, his request shall be deemed not having been submitted.

Rule 57 (Original Rule 56) The Patent Department under the State Council shall make the evaluation report on a patent within 2 months after a request for such report is received. If more than one request was made for such an evaluation report on the same patent for utility model or design, the Patent Department under the State Council shall only issue one evaluation report on the patent. Any entity or individual is entitled to view or make copies of said evaluation report on a patent.

Rule 58 The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall correct promptly the errors in the patent announcements or Patent Offprint once they are discovered, and the corrections shall be announced.

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Chapter 4 Re-examination of Patent Applications and Invalidation of Patent Rights

Rule 59 The Patent Reexamination Board shall consist of technical and legal experts appointed by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council. The person responsible for the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall be the Director of the Board.

Rule 60 (Incorporating original Rule 59) Where the applicant requests the Patent Reexamination Board to make a reexamination in accordance with the provisions of Article 41 of the Patent Law, it or he shall file a request for reexamination, state the reasons and, when necessary, attach the relevant supporting documents.

Where the request for reexamination does not comply with the provisions of Article 19, paragraph one or of Article 41, paragraph one of the Patent Law, the Patent Reexamination Board shall refuse to accept the request, notify the applicant in writing with the reason for refusal.

Where the request for reexamination does not comply with the prescribed form, the person making the request shall rectify it within the time limit fixed by the Patent Reexamination Board. If the requesting person fails to meet the time limit for making rectification, the request for reexamination shall be deemed not to have been filed.

Rule 61 The person making the request may amend its or his application at the time when it or he requests reexamination or makes responses to the notification of reexamination of the Patent Reexamination Board. However, the amendments shall be limited only to remove the defects pointed out in the decision of rejection of the application, or in the notification of reexamination.

The amendments to the application for patent shall be in duplicate.

Rule 62 The Patent Reexamination Board shall forward the request for reexamination which the Board has received to the examination department of the Patent Administration Department under the State Council which has made the examination of the application concerned to make an examination. Where that examination department agrees to revoke its former decision upon the request of the person requesting reexamination, the Patent Reexamination Board shall make a decision accordingly and notify the requesting person.

Rule 63 Where, after reexamination, the Patent Reexamination Board finds that the request does not comply with the provisions of the Patent Law and the Implementing Regulations; it shall require the person requesting reexamination to submit his observations within a specified time limit. no response is made within that time limit, the request for reexamination shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. Where, after the requesting person has made its observations and amendments, the Patent Reexamination Board still finds that the request does not comply with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations, it shall make a decision of reexamination to maintain the earlier decision that rejected the application.

Where, after reexamination, the Patent Reexamination Board finds that the decision rejecting the application does not comply with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations, or that the amended application has removed the defects as pointed out by the decision rejecting the application, it shall make a decision to revoke the earlier decision that rejected the application, and ask the original examination department to continue the examination procedure.

Rule 64 At any time before the Patent Reexamination Board makes its decision on the request for reexamination, the requesting person may withdraw his request for reexamination.

Where the requesting person withdraws his request for reexamination before the Patent Reexamination

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Board renders its decision, the procedure of reexamination shall terminate.

Rule 65 Anyone requesting invalidation or part invalidation of a patent right in accordance with the Article 45 of the Patent Law shall submit a written request and necessary evidence in duplicate. The request for invalidation shall state in detail the grounds for filing the request, making reference to all the evidence as submitted, and indicate the piece of evidence on which each ground is based.

“The grounds on which the request for invalidation is based”, referred to in the preceding paragraph, means that the patented invention-creation does not comply with Article 2, Article 20, paragraph one, Article 22, Article 23, or Article 26, paragraph three or four, Article 27, paragraph two or Article 33 of the Patent Law, or Rule 20, paragraph two, Rule 43, paragraph one of the Implementing Regulations; or the invention-creation falls under the provisions of Articles 5 or 25 of the Patent Law; or the applicant is not entitled to be granted the patent right in accordance with Article 9 of the Patent Law.

Rule 66 Where a request for invalidation does not comply with Article 19, paragraph one of the Patent Law, or Rule 65 of these Implementing Regulations, the Patent Reexamination Board shall not accept it.

Where another invalidation request is made on the same grounds and with the same evidence after the Patent Re-examination Board has rendered a decision on an invalidation request, the Patent Reexamination Board shall not accept it.

Where a request for invalidation of a design patent is based on the ground of being not consistent with Article 23, paragraph 3 of the Patent Law, but no evidence for conflicts of rights is submitted, the Patent Reexamination Board shall not accept it.

Where the request for invalidation of the patent right does not comply with the prescribed form, the requesting party shall rectify it within the time limit specified by the Patent Reexamination Board. If the rectification fails to be made within the time limit, the request for invalidation shall be deemed having not been made.

Rule 67 After a request for invalidation is accepted by the Patent Reexamination Board, the person making the request may add reasons or supplement evidence within one month from the date when the request for invalidation is submitted. Additional reasons or supplementary evidence submitted after the specified time limit may be disregarded by the Patent Reexamination Board.

Rule 68 The Patent Reexamination Board shall send duplicates of the request for invalidation of a patent right and the relevant documents to the patentee and invite it or him to state its or his observations within a specified time limit.

The patentee and the person making request for invalidation shall, within the specified time limit, make responses to the notice concerning documents transmittion or the notice concerning the examination of an invalidation request issued by the Patent Reexamination Board. Failure to respond within the time limit shall not affect the hearing by the Patent Re-examination Board.

Rule 69 In the course of the examination of the invalidation request, the patentee for the invention or utility model patent may amend its or his claims, but may not broaden the original scope of patent protection.

The patentee for an invention or utility model patent may not amend its or his description or drawings. The patentee for a design patent may not amend its or his drawings, photographs or the concise description of the design.

Rule 70 The Patent Reexamination Board may, at the request of the parties concerned or if required by the case, decide to conduct an oral procedure for an invalidation request.

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Where the Patent Reexamination Board decides to conduct such an oral procedure for an invalidation request, it shall send notices to the parties concerned, indicating the date and place of the oral hearingThe parties concerned shall respond to the notice within the specified time limit.

Where the person requesting invalidation fails to make response to the notice of the oral procedure sent by the Patent Reexamination Board within the specified time limit, and fails to attend the oral procedure, its invalidation request shall be deemed having been withdrawn. Where the patentee fails to attend the oral procedure, the Patent Reexamination Board may proceed to examine by default.

Rule 71 In the course of the examination of a request for invalidation, the time limit specified by the Patent Reexamination Board shall not be extended.

Rule 72 (Original Rule 71) The person requesting invalidation may withdraw his request before the Patent Reexamination Board renders its decision.

Where the person requesting invalidation withdraws his request or the request is deemed as having been withdrawn before the Patent Re-examination Board renders its decision, the examination of the invalidation request is terminated. However, where the Patent Reexamination Board holds that a decision of invalidation or partial invalidation of a patent right can be made based on the existing investigations, the examination of invalidation shall not be terminated.

Chapter 5 Compulsory Licence for exploiting a patent

Rule 73 (Newly added) “Has not sufficiently exploited his or its patent” in Article 48, subparagraph (1) of the Patent Law refers to the patentee or the licensee exploiting the patent in a manner or on a scale that fails to meet the domestic demands for the patented product or process.

“Medicine subject to patent rights” in Article 50 of the Patent Law refers to any patented product or any product directly obtained through a patented process to resolve the public health issues in the medical field, including active ingredients for the manufacture of the product and the diagnostic apparatus required for using the product.

Rule 74 (Original Rule 72) Any entity requesting a compulsory license shall submit to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council a request for compulsory license, state the reasons therefor, and attach relevant certifying documents each.

The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall send a copy of the request for compulsory license to the patentee, who shall make his or its observations within the time limit specified by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council. Where no response is made within the time limit, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council will not be affected in making a decision concerning a compulsory license.

Before making a decision to reject the request for compulsory license or the grant a compulsory license, the Patent Department under the State Council shall notify the applicant or patentee about the rejection and its reason.

The Patent Department under the State Council shall make its decision of granting a compulsory license in accordance with the provisions on compulsory license for the sake of public health in treaties that China concluded or took part in, except for those reservations made by China.

Rule 75 Where any entity or individual requests, in accordance with Article 57 of the Patent Law, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council to adjudicate on the fees for exploitation, it or he shall submit a request for adjudication and furnish documents showing that the parties concerned have not been able to conclude an agreement in respect of the amount of the exploitation fee. The Patent

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Administration Department under the State Council shall make its adjudication within three months from the date of receipt of the request and notify the parties concerned accordingly.

Chapter 6 The Implementation of the Patent Right and Reward and Remuneration to Inventors or Designers

Rule 76 (Newly added) The entity to which a patent right is granted may regulate in its legitimately enacted company rules or in the contract concluded by the entity with the inventor or the designer the way and amount in which reward and remuneration specified in Article 16 of the Patent Law are provided.

Enterprises or institutions shall grante to the inventor or the designer reward and remuneration according to relevant finance and accouting provisions of the state.

Rule 77 (Original Rule 74) Where the entity to which a patent right is granted fails to agree with the inventor or the designer on, or to specify in its legitimately enacted company rules the way and amount of reward and remuneration specified in Article 16 of the Patent Law be paid, the entity shall reward to the inventor or designer within 3 months from the announcement of granting the patent. The minimum reward for one invention patent shall not be less than RMB 3000; and the minimum reward for one utility model or design patent shall not be less than RMB 1000.

Where an invention-creation is completed because an inventor's or designer's proposal was adopted by the entity to which he belongs, the entity to which a patent right is granted shall award to him a money prize on favorable terms.

Rule 78 (Incorporating original Rule 75 and Rule 78) Where the entity to which a patent right is granted fails to agree with the inventor or the designer, or to specify in its legally enacted company rules the way and amount of reward and remuneration specified in Article 16 of the Patent Law, the entity shall, after exploiting the patent for invention-creation within the term of the patent right, pay the inventor or designer remuneration at a percentage of not less than 2% each year from the profits generated from the exploitation of the invention or utility model patent, or at a percentage of not less than 0.2% from the profits gained from the exploitation of the design, or pay the inventor or creator a lump sum of remuneration by reference to the above percentages; where the entity to which a patent right is granted authorise other entity or individual to exploit its patent, it shall reward the inventor or designer at a percentage no less than 10% from the royalty fee.

Chapter 7 Patent Protection

Rule 79 The administrative authority for patent affairs referred to in the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations means the patent administrative authorities set up by the people's government of provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities directly under the Central Government, or by the people's government of municipalities consisting of districts with both a large amount of patent administration work to attend to and and the actual capability to handle patent administration work.

Rule 80 The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall provide professional guidance to the administrative authorities for patent affairs in handling patent infringement disputes, investigating and penalising patent counterfeit acts, as well as mediating patent disputes.

Rule 81 Where any party concerned requests handling patent infringements or mediation of a patent dispute, it shall subject to the jurisdiction of the administrative authority for patent affairs where the requested party is located or where the act of infringement has taken place.

Where two or more administrative authorities for patent affairs all have jurisdiction over a patent dispute, any party concerned may file his or its request with one of them to handle or mediate the matter. Where

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requests are filed with two or more administrative authorities for patent affairs, the administrative authority for patent affairs that first accepts the request shall have jurisdiction.

Where administrative authorities for patent affairs have a dispute over their jurisdictions, the administrative authority for patent affairs of their common higher level people's government shall designate the administrative authority for patent affairs to exercise the jurisdiction; if there is no such administrative authority for patent affairs of their common higher level people's government, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall designate the administrative authority for patent affairs to exercise the jurisdiction.

Rule 82 Where, in the course of handling a patent infringement dispute, the defendant requests invalidation of the patent right and his request is accepted by the Patent Reexamination Board, he may request the administrative authority for patent affairs concerned to suspend the handling of the matter. If the administrative authority for patent affairs considers that the reasons set forth by the defendant for the suspension are obviously untenable, it may not suspend the handling of the matter.

Rule 83 Where any patentee affixes a patent notice on the patented product or on the package of that product in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of the Patent Law, he or it shall make the affixation in the manner as prescribed by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council.

Where the patent notice does not comply with the provision of the preceding paragraph, the patent administrative authority is responsible for compelling the correction.

Rule 84 (Incorporating original Rule 84 and Rule 85) Any of the following constitue acts of patent passing-off referred to in Article 63 of the Patent Law:

(1) indicating the patent notice on a non-patented product or the package thereof, continuing to indicate the patent notice on a product or package after the announcement of invalidating the patent or the expiration the patent right, or indicating the patent number of others, without authorisation, on a product or package thereof;

(2) selling the products specified in the paragraph one of this Rule;

(3) indicating in the product instructions or other materials, a non-patented technology or design as a patented technology or design, indicating a patent application as a patent, or using others' patent number misleading the public into perceiving the relevant technology or design as the patented technology or patented design;

(4) counterfeiting or transforming any patent certificate, patent document or patent application document of another person;

(5) other acts that mislead the public into perceiving the non-patented technology or design patent as a patented technology or design, or perceiving the technology or design involved as the patented technology or design of others.

Making a patent notice on a patented product or product obtained directly by the patented process or the package thereof before the expiration of the patent right, and offering to sell or selling the product after the expiration of the patent right shall not be deemed as patent passing-off.

If the party selling the product without knowledge of the counterfeit nature of the products can prove that they are obtained from legitimate source, he or it should be ordered by the patent administrative authority to stop selling such product but exempted from penalties.

Rule 85 Apart from the circumstances stipulated in Articles 60 of the Patent Law，the administrative authority for patent affairs may mediate in the following types of patent disputes upon the request of the parties:

(1) disputes over patent application rights and ownership of patent rights;

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(2) disputes over the qualifications of inventors and designers;

(3) disputes over the reward and remuneration of the inventors and designers of service inventions;

(4) disputes concerning the inadequacy of royalties for the use of an invention after the invention patent application has been published and before the patent has been granted;

(5) other patent disputes.

Requests to the patent administrative authorities for mediation of the disputes specified in item (4) of the preceding paragraph shall be submitted after the patent right has been granted.

Rule 86 Any party concerned to a dispute over the ownership of the right to apply for a patent or the patent right, which is being mediated by the administrative authority for patent affairs or is sued to the people's court, may request the Patent Administration Department under the State Council to suspend the relevant procedures.

Any party requesting the suspension of the relevant procedures in accordance with the preceding paragraph, shall submit a written request to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, and attach a copy of the document certifying the acceptance of the relevant request from the administrative authority for patent affairs or the people's court in which the patent application number or patent number should be clearly indicated.

After the letter of mediation made by the administrative authority for patent affairs or the judgment rendered by the people's court enters into force, the parties concerned shall request the Patent Administration Department under the State Council to resume the suspended procedure. If, within one year from the date when the request for suspension is filed, no decision is made on the dispute relating to the ownership of the right to apply for a patent or the patent right, and it is necessary to continue the suspension, the party who or that the request shall, within the said time limit, request to extend the suspension. If, at the expiration of the said time limit, no such request for extension is filed, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall resume the procedure on its own initiative.

Rule 87 Where, in hearing civil cases, the people's court has ordered the preservation of the right to apply for a patent or a patent right, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, for the purpose of assisting the execution of the order, shall suspend the relevant procedure concerning the preserved patent application right or patent right on the day of receiving the court order and notice of assistance for enforcement with patent application number or patent number clearly indicated. Upon the expiration of the time limit for preservation, if there is no order of the people's court to continue the preservation, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall resume the relevant procedure on its own initiative.

Rule 88 (Newly added) Procedures the State Council's Patent Department shall suspend according to Rule 86 and Rule 87 of the Implementing Regulations are procedures concerning preliminary examination, substantive examination, re-examination, grant of patent rights, invalidation of patent rights; procedures concerning abandonment, change, or transfer of the right to obtain the patent right or the patent right; procedures concerning, pledge of patent rights, termination of patent rights within the in-force term of the patent,etc.

Chapter 8 Patent Registration and Patent Gazette

Rule 89 The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall keep a Patent Register in which the registration of the following matters relating to patent application or patent right shall be made:

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(1) grant of the patent right;

(2) any transfer of the right of patent application or the patent right;

(3) any pledge and preservation of the patent right and their discharge;

(4) any patent license contract for exploitation submitted for the record;

(5) any invalidation of the patent right;

(6) any cessation of the patent right;

(7) any restoration of the patent right;

(8) any compulsory license for exploitation of the patent;

(9) any change in the name, nationality and address of the patentee.

Rule 90 (Paragraph one of original Rule 89) The Patent Department under the State Council shall publish the Patent Gazette at regular intervals, publishing or announcing the following:

(1) The bibliographic data contained in an invention patent applications and the Abstract of the patent specification thereof;

(2) Any request for substantial examination of a patent application for an invention and any decision made by the patent administrative entity under the State Council to proceed on its own initiative to examine the substance of a patent application for an invention;

(3) Any rejection, withdrawal, deemed withdrawal, deemed abandonment , restoration, and transfer of a patent application for an invention after its publication;

(4) Any grant of the patent and the bibliographic data of the patent right;

(5) The abstract of the specification of an invention or utility model patent, and a drawing or photo of a design patent;

(6) Any decryption of National defense patent and confidential patent;

(7) Any invalidation of the patent right;

(8) Any cessation and restoration of the patent right;

(9) Any transfer of a patent right;

(10) Any patent license contract for exploitation submitted for the record;

(11) Any pledge and preservation of the patent right and the discharge thereof;

(12) Any grant of compulsory license to exploit a patent;

(13) Any change in the name or address of the patentee;

(14) Any documents served by announcement;

(15) Any correction made by the patent administrative entity under the State Council; and

(16) Any other related matters.

Rule 91 (Paragraph two of original Rule 89)

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The Patent Department under the State Council shall provide free access to the public to view the Patent Gazette, the Offprint for a patent application, and the Offprint for invention patent, utility model patent and design patent.

Rule 92 (Newly added) The Patent Department under the State Council is responsible for the exchange of patent documents with the patent department or regional patent organisations in other countries or regions in accordance with the reciprocity principle.

Chapter 9 Fees

Rule 93 (Original Rule 90) When any person files an application for a patent with, or has other procedures to go through at, the patent administrative entity under the State Council, (s)he or it shall pay the following fees:

(1) filing fee, additional fee for filing application, printing fee for publishing the application, and fees for claiming priority;

(2) substantive examination fee for an application for patent for invention, and reexamination fee;

(3) registration fees for the grant of patent right, printing fees for the announcement of grant of patent right, and annual fee;

(4) fees for requesting restoration of rights, and fees for requesting extension of a time limit;

(5) fees for a change in the bibliographic data, fees for requesting an evaluation report for a patent right, fee for requesting invalidation.

The amount of the fees referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the price administration department under the State Counci, Ministry of Finanace in conjunction with the Patent Department under the State Council.

Rule 94 The fees provided for in the Patent Law and in the Implementing Regulations may be paid directly to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council or paid by way of bank or postal remittance, or by way of any other means as prescribed by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council.

Where any fee is paid by way of bank or postal remittance, the applicant or the patentee shall indicate on the money order at least the correct filing number or the patent number and the name of the fee paid. If the requirements as prescribed in this paragraph are not complied with, the payment of the fee shall be deemed not to have been made.

Where any fee is paid directly to the Patent Department under the State Council, the date on which the fee is paid shall be the date of payment; where any fee is paid by way of postal remittance, the date of remittance indicated by the postmark shall be the date of payment; where any fee is paid by way of bank transfer, the date on which the transfer of the fee is done shall be the date of payment.

For any patent fee paid in excess of the amount as prescribed, paid repeatedly or wrongly, where the party making the payment requests a refund from the patent administrative entity under the State Council within three years from the date of payment, the Patent Department under the State Council shall refund the fee.

Rule 95 (Original Rule 92) The applicant shall, within 2 months after filing the application or within 15 days after receipt of the notification of acceptance of the application from the patent administrative entity under the State Council, pay the filing fee, the printing fee for the publication of the application and the necessary additional fees for filing the application. If the fees are not paid or not paid in full within the time limit, the application shall be deemed being withdrawn.

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Where the applicant claims priority, he or it shall pay the fee for claiming priority at the same time with the payment of the filing fee. If the fee is not paid or not paid in full, the claim for priority shall be deemed not having been made.

Rule 96 Where the party concerned makes a request for an examination as to substance or a reexamination, the relevant fee shall be paid within the time limit as prescribed respectively for such requests by the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations. If the fee is not paid or not paid in full within the time limit, the request is deemed not having been made.

Rule 97 When the applicant goes through the procedures of registration, it or he shall pay a patent registration fee, printing fee for the announcement the annual fee of the year in which the patent right is granted. If such fees are not paid in full amount within the prescribed time limit, the registration of the grant of patent right shall be deemed not having been made.

Rule 98 The annual fee of the patent right after the year in which the patent is granted shall be paid in advance before the expiration of the preceding year. If the patentee has not paid or not fully paid the maintenance fees, the patent administrative entity under the State Council shall notify the patentee to pay the fee or to make up the insufficiency within six months from the expiration of the time limit within which the annual fee is due to be paid, and at the same time pay a surcharge. The amount of the surcharge shall be, for each month of late payment, 5% of the whole amount of the annual fee of the year within which the annual fee is due to be paid. Where the fee and the surcharge are not paid within the time limit, the patent right shall lapse from the expiration of the time limit within which the annual fee should have been paid.

Rule 99 (Original Rule 97) The fee for requesting restoration of rights shall be paid within the time limit in these Implementing Regulations. If the fee is not paid or not paid in full within the time limit, the request will be deemed not having been made.

The fee for requesting extension of a time limit shall be paid within the time limit. If the fee is not paid or not paid in full within the time limit, the request shall be deemed not having been made.

The fee for alteration of the bibliographic data, for requesting an evaluation report for a patent right, and for requesting invalidation shall be paid within one month upon filing of the request. If the fee is not paid or not paid in full within the time limit, the request shall be deemed not having been made.

Rule 100 (Original Rule 98) Where any applicant or patentee has difficulties in paying the various fees prescribed in these Implementing Regulations, he may, in accordance with the prescriptions, submit a request to the patent administrative entity under the State Council for a reduction or postponement of the payment. Measures for the reduction and postponement of the payment shall be prescribed by the finance administration department, together with the Patent Department under the State Council and the price administration department under the State Council.

Chapter 10 Special Provisions for International Applications

Rule 101 The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall accept international patent applications filed in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty according to Article 20 of the Patent Law.

Where any international application filed according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty designating China (hereinafter referred to as the international application) starts to be processed by the Patent Department under the State Council (hereinafter referred to as entering the Chinese national phase), the requirements and procedures prescribed in this Chapter shall apply. If this Chapter is silent on any

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matter, the relevant provisions in the Patent Law and in any other chapters of these Implementing Regulations shall apply.

Rule 102 Any international application which has been accorded an international filling date in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty and which has designated China shall be deemed as an application for patent filed with the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, and the said filing date shall be deemed as the filing date referred to in Article 28 of the Patent Law.

Rule 103 (Incorporating original Rule 101, Rule 103 and paragraph one of Rule 105) Any applicant for an international application entering the Chinese national phase shall, within 30 months from the priority date as referred to in Article 2 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (referred to as "the priority date" in this chapter), go through the procedures at the Patent Department under the State Council ; if the applicant fails to go through the relevant frocedures within said time limit, he or it may, after paying a fee for a grace period, go through the procedures for entering the Chinese National Phase within 32 months from the Priority Date.

Rule 104 (Incorporating original Rule 101, Rule 103 and paragraph one of Rule 105) Where the applicant goes through the procedures for entering the Chinese National Phase in accordance with Rule 103 of these Implementing Regulations, the following requirements shall be met:

(1) submitting a written statement in Chinese, concerning entry into the Chinese National Phase, and indicating the international application number and the kind of patent right sought;

(2) paying the filing fee as prescribed in Article 122, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations, and, if necessary, paying the surcharge for the late entry allowance prescribed in Article 103, of these Implementing Regulations;

(3) where the international application is filed in a foreign language, submitting the Chinese translation of the description and the claims of the initial international application;

(4) indicating the title of the invention-creation, the name or title of the applicant, the address of the applicant and the name of the inventor in the written statement concerning entry into Chinese National Phase. Such indications shall be the same as those recorded by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (hereinafter referred to as the International Bureau); where the inventor is not indicated in the international application, the name of the inventor shall be indicated in this statement concerning entry into the Chinese national phase;

(5) where an international application is filed in a language other than Chinese, the Chinese translation of the abstract shall be furnished; where there are drawings or the figure for the abstract, the copies shall be furnished; where there is text for the drawings, the text of the drawings shall be replaced with Chinese; where an international application is filed in Chinese, a copy of the abstract and the duplicate for the figure for in the abstract published in the international publication shall be furnished;

(6) where the applicant has gone through the procedures for the change in the applicant before the International Bureau in the international phase, the document certifying the right of the new applicant to the international application shall be furnished;

(7) when necessary, paying the additional fee for filing application as prescribed in Rule 106, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations.

Where the application meets the requirements of Subparagraph 1 to 3 as prescribed in the preceding paragraphs of this Rule, the Patent Department under the State Council shall grant an application number, ascertain the date when the international application enters the Chinese National Phase (hereinafter referred to as the "entry date"), and notify the applicant.

Where an international application enters the Chinese National Phase but fails to fulfill the requirements of Subparagraph 4 to 7 in the preceding paragraphs of this Rule, the Patent Department under the State Council shall notify the applicant to make corrections within the specified time limit; where, within the time limit, no correction is made, his or its application shall be deemed being withdrawn.

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Rule 105 (Incorporating original paragraph two of Rule 100 and Rule 102) Where an international application has any of the following circumstance, the validity of this international application shall cease in China:

(1) in the international phase, an international application is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn, or its designation of China is withdrawn.

(2) the applicant fails to go through the procedures for entering the Chinese national phase within 32 months from "the priority date" prescribed in Rule 103 of these Implementing Regulations;

(3) the applicant fails to meet the requirements within 32 months from "the priority date" as prescribed in Subparagraph 1 to 3 of Rule104 of these Implementing Regulations.

According to the preceding paragraph subparagraph (1), Rule 6 of these Implementing Regulations shall not apply to the international application of which the validity has been ceased in China; According to the preceding paragraph subparagraph (2) and (3), Rule 6 paragraph 2 shall not apply to the international application of which the validity has been ceased in China.

Rule 106 (Original Rule 104) Where an international application was amended in the international phase and the applicant requests that the examination be based on the application documents which have been amended, the Chinese translation of the amended portions shall be submitted within two months from the entry date. Where the Chinese translation is not furnished within said time limit, the amendments made in the international phase shall not be taken into consideration by the Patent Department under the State Council.

Rule 107 (Original Rule 105) Where any invention-creation to which the international application relates has one of the events referred to in Article 24, subparagraph (1) or (2) of the Patent Law and where statements have been made in this respect when the international application was filed, the applicant shall indicate it in the written statement concerning entry into the Chinese national phase, and furnish the relevant certificates prescribed in Rule 30, paragraph three of these Implementing Regulations within two months from the entry date; where no indication is made or no certificates are furnished within the said time limit, 24 of the Patent Law shall not apply to the international application.

Rule 108 Where the applicant has provided a description concerning the deposit of biological materials in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the requirements provided for in Rule 24, subparagraph (3) of these Implementing Regulations shall be deemed having been satisfied. In the statement of entry into the Chinese national phase, the applicant shall indicate the documents recording the particulars of the deposit of the biological materials, and the exact location of such record in the documents.

Where particulars concerning the deposit of the biological materials are contained in the description of the international application initially filed, but there is no such indication in the statement of the entry into the Chinese national phase, the applicant shall make correction within four months from the entry date. If the correction is not made within the time limit, said biological materials shall be deemed not having been deposited.

Where the applicant submits the certificates of the deposit and the viability proof of the biological materials to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council within four months from the entry date, the deposit of biological materials shall be deemed having been made within the time limit as provided for in Rule 24, subparagraph (1) of these Implementing Regulations.

Rule 109 (Newly added) Where the completion of the creation-invention to which an international application relates depends on genetic resources, the applicant shall make an indication in the written statement concerning entry of the international application into the Chinese National Phase, fill in the table as prescribed by the Patent Department under the State Council.

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Rule 110 (Original Rule 107) Where the applicant claims one or multiple priorities in the international phase and such claims remain valid at the time when the application enters the Chinese national phase, the priority shall be deemed having been made in compliance with the provisions of Article 30 of the Patent Law.

The applicant shall pay the fee for claiming the priority within two months from the entry date; if the fee is not paid or not paid in full, the claim for priority shall be deemed not having been made.

Where the applicant has submitted a copy of the earlier application in the international phase in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, he or it shall be exempted form submitting a copy of the earlier application to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council at the time of going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase. Where the applicant has not submitted a copy of the earlier application in the international phase, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, when considers it necessary, may notify the applicant to submit a copy of the earlier application within the specified time limit. If no copy is submitted at the expiration of the time limit, his or its claim for priority shall be deemed not having been made.

Rule 111 Where, before the expiration of 20 months from "the priority date", the applicant files a request with the Patent Administration Department under the State Council for early processing and examination of his or its international application, he or it shall, in addition to going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, submit a request in accordance with the provisions in Article 23, paragraph two of the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Where the international application has not been transmitted by the International Bureau to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, the applicant shall submit a confirmed copy of the international application.

Rule 112 (Original Rule 109) With regard to an international application for a utility model patent, the applicant may make amendments to the application documents on its or his own initiative within two months from the entry date. With regard to an international application for a patent for invention, Rule 51, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations shall apply.

Rule 113 Where the applicant finds that there are mistakes in the Chinese translation of the description, the claims or the text matter of the drawings as filed, he or it may correct the translation in accordance with the international application as filed within the following time limits:

(6) before the completion of technical preparations for the publication of the application for patent for invention or the announcement of patent right of the utility model by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council ;

(7) within three months from the date of receipt of the notification sent by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, stating that the application for a patent for invention has entered into the substantive examination phase.

Where the applicant intends to correct the mistakes in the translation, he or it shall file a written request, furnish a replace sheet of the translation and pay the prescribed fee for the correction of the translation.

Where the applicant makes correction of the translation in accordance with the notification of the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, he or it shall, within the specified time limit, go through the formalities prescribed in paragraph two of this Rule. If the prescribed formalities are not gone through at the expiration of the time limit, the international application shall be deemed withdrawn.

Rule 114 With regard to any international application for a invention patent, if the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, after preliminary examination, considers it in compliance with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations, it shall publish it in the Patent Gazette; where the international application is filed in a language other than Chinese, the Chinese translation of the international application shall be published.

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Where the international publication of an international application for a patent for invention by the International Bureau is in Chinese, Article 13 of the Patent Law shall apply from the date of the international publication. If the international publication by the International Bureau is in a language other than Chinese, Article 13 of the Patent Law shall apply from the date of the publication of the Chinese translation by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council.

With regard to an international application, the publication referred to in Articles 21 and 22 of the Patent Law means the publication referred to in paragraph one of this Article.

Rule 115 Where two or more inventions or utility models are contained in an international application, the applicant may, from the entry date, submit a divisional application in accordance with the provisions in Rule 42, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations.

If at the international phase the International Searching Authority or the International Preliminary Examining Authority is of the opinion that an International Application does not conform with the requirement of unity of the Patent Cooperation Treaty and the applicant failed to pay the surcharge in accordance with regulations resulting in a certain part of the International Application not being subjected to preliminary examination by the International Searching Authority or the International Preliminary Examining Authority, and the applicant then requests that the afore-mentioned part be made the basis for examination after the application enters the national phase in China and the Patent Administration Department under the State Council is of the opinion that the judgment of the International Searching Authority or the International Preliminary Examining Authority on the unity of the invention was correct, it shall notify the applicant to pay a unity restoration fee within a prescribed time limit. If the applicant fails to pay or pay in full such fee within the prescribed time limit, that part of the International Application that was not subjected to a search or a preliminary international examination shall be deemed having been withdrawn.

Rule 116 Where an international application in the international phase has been refused to be accorded an international filling date or has been declared to be deemed withdrawn by an international authority concerned, the applicant may, within two months from the date on which he or it receives the notification, request the International Bureau to send the copy of any document in the file of the international application to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, and shall go through the procedures prescribed in Rule 103 of these Implementing Regulations within the said time limit at the Patent Administration Department under the State Council. After receiving the documents sent by the International Bureau, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall review the decision made by the international authority concerned to find whether it is correct.

Rule 117 With regard to a patent right granted on the basis of an international application, if the scope of protection determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 59 of the Patent Law exceeds the scope of the international application in its original language because of incorrect translation, the scope of protection granted on the international application shall be limited according to the original language of the application; if the scope of protection granted on the international application is narrower than the scope of the application in its original language, the scope of protection shall be determined according to the patent in the language when it is granted.

Chapter 11 Supplementary Provisions

Rule 118 Any person may, with the consent the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, examine or copy the files of the published or gazetted patent applications and the Patent Register, and may request the Patent Administration Department under the State Council to issue duplicates of the Patent Register.

Files of the patent applications which have been withdrawn or deemed withdrawn or which have been rejected, shall not be preserved two years after the expiration date on which the applications cease to be valid.

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Where the patent right has been abandoned, wholly invalidated or terminated, the files shall not be preserved three years after the expiration date on which the patent right ceases to be valid.

Rule 119 Any patent application which is filed with, or any formality which is gone through at, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall be signed or sealed by the applicant, the patentee, any other interested person or his or its representative. Where any patent agency is appointed, it shall be sealed by such agency.

Where a change in the name of the inventor, or in the name, nationality and address of the applicant or the patentee, or in the name and address of the patent agency and the name of patent agent is requested, a request for a change in the bibliographic data shall be made to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, together with the relevant certifying documents.

Rule 120 The document concerning patent applications or patent rights mailed to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall be sent as registered letters, not as parcels.

Except for any patent application filed for the first time, when any document is submitted to and any procedure is going through at the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, the filing number or the patent number, the title of the invention-creation and the name of the applicant or the patentee shall be indicated.

Only documents of the same application shall be included in only one letter.

Rule 121 Various kinds of application documents shall be typed or printed neatly and clearly in black ink, and may not contain alterations. The drawings shall be made with drafting instruments in black ink, with clear lines of uniform thickness, and shall not contain alterations.

Requests, descriptions, claims, drawings and abstracts shall be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals.

The textual portion of application documents shall be written horizontally. Entries shall be made on one side of the paper only.

Rule 122 The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall formulate Guidelines for Examination pursuant to the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations.

Rule 123 These Implementing Regulations shall enter into force as of July 1, 2001. The amended Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of the PRC approved by the State Council on December 12, 1992 and promulgated by the Patent Office of the PRC on December 21, 1992 shall be repealed simultaneously.
 
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中华人民共和国专利法实施细则(2010修订)

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（2001年6月15日中华人民共和国国务院令第306号公布 根据2002年12月28日《国务院关于修改〈中华人民共和国专利法实施细则〉的决定》第一次修订 根据2010年1月9日《国务院关于修改〈中华人民共和国专利法实施细则〉的决定》第二次修订）

第一章 总 则

第一条 根据《中华人民共和国专利法》（以下简称专利法），制定本细则。

第二条 专利法和本细则规定的各种手续，应当以书面形式或者国务院专利行政部门规定的其他形式办理。

第三条 依照专利法和本细则规定提交的各种文件应当使用中文；国家有统一规定的科技术语的，应当采用规范词；外国人名、地名和科技术语没有统一中文译文的，应当注明原文。

依照专利法和本细则规定提交的各种证件和证明文件是外文的，国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以要求当事人在指定期限内附送中文译文；期满未附送的，视为未提交该证件和证明文件。

第四条 向国务院专利行政部门邮寄的各种文件，以寄出的邮戳日为递交日；邮戳日不清晰的，除当事人能够提出证明外，以国务院专利行政部门收到日为递交日。

国务院专利行政部门的各种文件，可以通过邮寄、直接送交或者其他方式送达当事人。当事人委托专利代理机构的，文件送交专利代理机构；未委托专利代理机构的，文件送交请求书中指明的联系人。

国务院专利行政部门邮寄的各种文件，自文件发出之日起满15日，推定为当事人收到文件之日。

根据国务院专利行政部门规定应当直接送交的文件，以交付日为送达日。

文件送交地址不清，无法邮寄的，可以通过公告的方式送达当事人。自公告之日起满1个月，该文件视为已经送达。

第五条 专利法和本细则规定的各种期限的第一日不计算在期限内。期限以年或者月计算的，以其最后一月的相应日为期限届满日；该月无相应日的，以该月最后一日为期限届满日；期限届满日是法定休假日的，以休假日后的第一个工作日为期限届满日。

第六条 当事人因不可抗拒的事由而延误专利法或者本细则规定的期限或者国务院专利行政部门指定的期限，导致其权利丧失的，自障碍消除之日起2个月内，最迟自期限届满之日起2年内，可以向国务院专利行政部门请求恢复权利。

除前款规定的情形外，当事人因其他正当理由延误专利法或者本细则规定的期限或者国务院专利行政部门指定的期限，导致其权利丧失的，可以自收到国务院专利行政部门的通知之日起2个月内向国务院专利行政部门请求恢复权利。

当事人依照本条第一款或者第二款的规定请求恢复权利的，应当提交恢复权利请求书，说明理由，必要时附具有关证明文件，并办理权利丧失前应当办理的相应手续；依照本条第二款的规定请求恢复权利的，还应当缴纳恢复权利请求费。

当事人请求延长国务院专利行政部门指定的期限的，应当在期限届满前，向国务院专利行政部门说明理由并办理有关手续。

本条第一款和第二款的规定不适用专利法第二十四条、第二十九条、第四十二条、第六十八条规定的期限。

第七条 专利申请涉及国防利益需要保密的，由国防专利机构受理并进行审查；国务院专利行政部门受理的专利申请涉及国防利益需要保密的，应当及时移交国防专利机构进行审查。经国防专利机构审查没有发现驳回理由的，由国务院专利行政部门作出授予国防专利权的决定。

国务院专利行政部门认为其受理的发明或者实用新型专利申请涉及国防利益以外的国家安全或者重大利益需要保密的，应当及时作出按照保密专利申请处理的决定，并通知申请人。保密专利申请的审查、复审以及保密专利权无效宣告的特殊程序，由国务院专利行政部门规定。

第八条 专利法第二十条所称在中国完成的发明或者实用新型，是指技术方案的实质性内容在中国境内完成的发明或者实用新型。

任何单位或者个人将在中国完成的发明或者实用新型向外国申请专利的，应当按照下列方式之一请求国务院专利行政部门进行保密审查：

（一）直接向外国申请专利或者向有关国外机构提交专利国际申请的，应当事先向国务院专利行政部门提出请求，并详细说明其技术方案；

（二）向国务院专利行政部门申请专利后拟向外国申请专利或者向有关国外机构提交专利国际申请的，应当在向外国申请专利或者向有关国外机构提交专利国际申请前向国务院专利行政部门提出请求。

向国务院专利行政部门提交专利国际申请的，视为同时提出了保密审查请求。

第九条 国务院专利行政部门收到依照本细则第八条规定递交的请求后，经过审查认为该发明或者实用新型可能涉及国家安全或者重大利益需要保密的，应当及时向申请人发出保密审查通知；申请人未在其请求递交日起4个月内收到保密审查通知的，可以就该发明或者实用新型向外国申请专利或者向有关国外机构提交专利国际申请。

国务院专利行政部门依照前款规定通知进行保密审查的，应当及时作出是否需要保密的决定，并通知申请人。申请人未在其请求递交日起6个月内收到需要保密的决定的，可以就该发明或者实用新型向外国申请专利或者向有关国外机构提交专利国际申请。

第十条 专利法第五条所称违反法律的发明创造，不包括仅其实施为法律所禁止的发明创造。

第十一条 除专利法第二十八条和第四十二条规定的情形外，专利法所称申请日，有优先权的，指优先权日。

本细则所称申请日，除另有规定的外，是指专利法第二十八条规定的申请日。

第十二条 专利法第六条所称执行本单位的任务所完成的职务发明创造，是指：

（一）在本职工作中作出的发明创造；

（二）履行本单位交付的本职工作之外的任务所作出的发明创造；

（三）退休、调离原单位后或者劳动、人事关系终止后1年内作出的，与其在原单位承担的本职工作或者原单位分配的任务有关的发明创造。

专利法第六条所称本单位，包括临时工作单位；专利法第六条所称本单位的物质技术条件，是指本单位的资金、设备、零部件、原材料或者不对外公开的技术资料等。

第十三条 专利法所称发明人或者设计人，是指对发明创造的实质性特点作出创造性贡献的人。在完成发明创造过程中，只负责组织工作的人、为物质技术条件的利用提供方便的人或者从事其他辅助工作的人，不是发明人或者设计人。

第十四条 除依照专利法第十条规定转让专利权外，专利权因其他事由发生转移的，当事人应当凭有关证明文件或者法律文书向国务院专利行政部门办理专利权转移手续。

专利权人与他人订立的专利实施许可合同，应当自合同生效之日起3个月内向国务院专利行政部门备案。

以专利权出质的，由出质人和质权人共同向国务院专利行政部门办理出质登记。

第二章 专利的申请

第十五条 以书面形式申请专利的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提交申请文件一式两份。

以国务院专利行政部门规定的其他形式申请专利的，应当符合规定的要求。

申请人委托专利代理机构向国务院专利行政部门申请专利和办理其他专利事务的，应当同时提交委托书，写明委托权限。

申请人有2人以上且未委托专利代理机构的，除请求书中另有声明的外，以请求书中指明的第一申请人为代表人。

第十六条 发明、实用新型或者外观设计专利申请的请求书应当写明下列事项：

（一）发明、实用新型或者外观设计的名称；

（二）申请人是中国单位或者个人的，其名称或者姓名、地址、邮政编码、组织机构代码或者居民身份证件号码；申请人是外国人、外国企业或者外国其他组织的，其姓名或者名称、国籍或者注册的国家或者地区；

（三）发明人或者设计人的姓名；

（四）申请人委托专利代理机构的，受托机构的名称、机构代码以及该机构指定的专利代理人的姓名、执业证号码、联系电话；

（五）要求优先权的，申请人第一次提出专利申请（以下简称在先申请）的申请日、申请号以及原受理机构的名称；

（六）申请人或者专利代理机构的签字或者盖章；

（七）申请文件清单；

（八）附加文件清单；

（九）其他需要写明的有关事项。

第十七条 发明或者实用新型专利申请的说明书应当写明发明或者实用新型的名称，该名称应当与请求书中的名称一致。说明书应当包括下列内容：

（一）技术领域：写明要求保护的技术方案所属的技术领域；

（二）背景技术：写明对发明或者实用新型的理解、检索、审查有用的背景技术；有可能的，并引证反映这些背景技术的文件；

（三）发明内容：写明发明或者实用新型所要解决的技术问题以及解决其技术问题采用的技术方案，并对照现有技术写明发明或者实用新型的有益效果；

（四）附图说明：说明书有附图的，对各幅附图作简略说明；

（五）具体实施方式：详细写明申请人认为实现发明或者实用新型的优选方式；必要时，举例说明；有附图的，对照附图。

发明或者实用新型专利申请人应当按照前款规定的方式和顺序撰写说明书，并在说明书每一部分前面写明标题，除非其发明或者实用新型的性质用其他方式或者顺序撰写能节约说明书的篇幅并使他人能够准确理解其发明或者实用新型。

发明或者实用新型说明书应当用词规范、语句清楚，并不得使用“如权利要求……所述的……”一类的引用语，也不得使用商业性宣传用语。

发明专利申请包含一个或者多个核苷酸或者氨基酸序列的，说明书应当包括符合国务院专利行政部门规定的序列表。申请人应当将该序列表作为说明书的一个单独部分提交，并按照国务院专利行政部门的规定提交该序列表的计算机可读形式的副本。

实用新型专利申请说明书应当有表示要求保护的产品的形状、构造或者其结合的附图。

第十八条 发明或者实用新型的几幅附图应当按照“图1，图2，……”顺序编号排列。

发明或者实用新型说明书文字部分中未提及的附图标记不得在附图中出现，附图中未出现的附图标记不得在说明书文字部分中提及。申请文件中表示同一组成部分的附图标记应当一致。

附图中除必需的词语外，不应当含有其他注释。

第十九条 权利要求书应当记载发明或者实用新型的技术特征。

权利要求书有几项权利要求的，应当用阿拉伯数字顺序编号。

权利要求书中使用的科技术语应当与说明书中使用的科技术语一致，可以有化学式或者数学式，但是不得有插图。除绝对必要的外，不得使用“如说明书……部分所述”或者“如图……所示”的用语。

权利要求中的技术特征可以引用说明书附图中相应的标记，该标记应当放在相应的技术特征后并置于括号内，便于理解权利要求。附图标记不得解释为对权利要求的限制。

第二十条 权利要求书应当有独立权利要求，也可以有从属权利要求。

独立权利要求应当从整体上反映发明或者实用新型的技术方案，记载解决技术问题的必要技术特征。

从属权利要求应当用附加的技术特征，对引用的权利要求作进一步限定。

第二十一条 发明或者实用新型的独立权利要求应当包括前序部分和特征部分，按照下列规定撰写：

（一）前序部分：写明要求保护的发明或者实用新型技术方案的主题名称和发明或者实用新型主题与最接近的现有技术共有的必要技术特征；

（二）特征部分：使用“其特征是……”或者类似的用语，写明发明或者实用新型区别于最接近的现有技术的技术特征。这些特征和前序部分写明的特征合在一起，限定发明或者实用新型要求保护的范围。

发明或者实用新型的性质不适于用前款方式表达的，独立权利要求可以用其他方式撰写。

一项发明或者实用新型应当只有一个独立权利要求，并写在同一发明或者实用新型的从属权利要求之前。

第二十二条 发明或者实用新型的从属权利要求应当包括引用部分和限定部分，按照下列规定撰写：

（一）引用部分：写明引用的权利要求的编号及其主题名称；

（二）限定部分：写明发明或者实用新型附加的技术特征。

从属权利要求只能引用在前的权利要求。引用两项以上权利要求的多项从属权利要求，只能以择一方式引用在前的权利要求，并不得作为另一项多项从属权利要求的基础。

第二十三条 说明书摘要应当写明发明或者实用新型专利申请所公开内容的概要，即写明发明或者实用新型的名称和所属技术领域，并清楚地反映所要解决的技术问题、解决该问题的技术方案的要点以及主要用途。

说明书摘要可以包含最能说明发明的化学式；有附图的专利申请，还应当提供一幅最能说明该发明或者实用新型技术特征的附图。附图的大小及清晰度应当保证在该图缩小到4厘米×6厘米时，仍能清晰地分辨出图中的各个细节。摘要文字部分不得超过300个字。摘要中不得使用商业性宣传用语。

第二十四条 申请专利的发明涉及新的生物材料，该生物材料公众不能得到，并且对该生物材料的说明不足以使所属领域的技术人员实施其发明的，除应当符合专利法和本细则的有关规定外，申请人还应当办理下列手续：

（一）在申请日前或者最迟在申请日（有优先权的，指优先权日），将该生物材料的样品提交国务院专利行政部门认可的保藏单位保藏，并在申请时或者最迟自申请日起4个月内提交保藏单位出具的保藏证明和存活证明；期满未提交证明的，该样品视为未提交保藏；

（二）在申请文件中，提供有关该生物材料特征的资料；

（三）涉及生物材料样品保藏的专利申请应当在请求书和说明书中写明该生物材料的分类命名（注明拉丁文名称）、保藏该生物材料样品的单位名称、地址、保藏日期和保藏编号；申请时未写明的，应当自申请日起4个月内补正；期满未补正的，视为未提交保藏。

第二十五条 发明专利申请人依照本细则第二十四条的规定保藏生物材料样品的，在发明专利申请公布后，任何单位或者个人需要将该专利申请所涉及的生物材料作为实验目的使用的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提出请求，并写明下列事项：

（一）请求人的姓名或者名称和地址；

（二）不向其他任何人提供该生物材料的保证；

（三）在授予专利权前，只作为实验目的使用的保证。

第二十六条 专利法所称遗传资源，是指取自人体、动物、植物或者微生物等含有遗传功能单位并具有实际或者潜在价值的材料；专利法所称依赖遗传资源完成的发明创造，是指利用了遗传资源的遗传功能完成的发明创造。

就依赖遗传资源完成的发明创造申请专利的，申请人应当在请求书中予以说明，并填写国务院专利行政部门制定的表格。

第二十七条 申请人请求保护色彩的，应当提交彩色图片或者照片。

申请人应当就每件外观设计产品所需要保护的内容提交有关图片或者照片。

第二十八条 外观设计的简要说明应当写明外观设计产品的名称、用途，外观设计的设计要点，并指定一幅最能表明设计要点的图片或者照片。省略视图或者请求保护色彩的，应当在简要说明中写明。

对同一产品的多项相似外观设计提出一件外观设计专利申请的，应当在简要说明中指定其中一项作为基本设计。

简要说明不得使用商业性宣传用语，也不能用来说明产品的性能。

第二十九条 国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以要求外观设计专利申请人提交使用外观设计的产品样品或者模型。样品或者模型的体积不得超过30厘米×30厘米×30厘米，重量不得超过15公斤。易腐、易损或者危险品不得作为样品或者模型提交。

第三十条 专利法第二十四条第（一）项所称中国政府承认的国际展览会，是指国际展览会公约规定的在国际展览局注册或者由其认可的国际展览会。

专利法第二十四条第（二）项所称学术会议或者技术会议，是指国务院有关主管部门或者全国性学术团体组织召开的学术会议或者技术会议。

申请专利的发明创造有专利法第二十四条第（一）项或者第（二）项所列情形的，申请人应当在提出专利申请时声明，并自申请日起2个月内提交有关国际展览会或者学术会议、技术会议的组织单位出具的有关发明创造已经展出或者发表，以及展出或者发表日期的证明文件。

申请专利的发明创造有专利法第二十四条第（三）项所列情形的，国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以要求申请人在指定期限内提交证明文件。

申请人未依照本条第三款的规定提出声明和提交证明文件的，或者未依照本条第四款的规定在指定期限内提交证明文件的，其申请不适用专利法第二十四条的规定。

第三十一条 申请人依照专利法第三十条的规定要求外国优先权的，申请人提交的在先申请文件副本应当经原受理机构证明。依照国务院专利行政部门与该受理机构签订的协议，国务院专利行政部门通过电子交换等途径获得在先申请文件副本的，视为申请人提交了经该受理机构证明的在先申请文件副本。要求本国优先权，申请人在请求书中写明在先申请的申请日和申请号的，视为提交了在先申请文件副本。

要求优先权，但请求书中漏写或者错写在先申请的申请日、申请号和原受理机构名称中的一项或者两项内容的，国务院专利行政部门应当通知申请人在指定期限内补正；期满未补正的，视为未要求优先权。

要求优先权的申请人的姓名或者名称与在先申请文件副本中记载的申请人姓名或者名称不一致的，应当提交优先权转让证明材料，未提交该证明材料的，视为未要求优先权。

外观设计专利申请的申请人要求外国优先权，其在先申请未包括对外观设计的简要说明，申请人按照本细则第二十八条规定提交的简要说明未超出在先申请文件的图片或者照片表示的范围的，不影响其享有优先权。

第三十二条 申请人在一件专利申请中，可以要求一项或者多项优先权；要求多项优先权的，该申请的优先权期限从最早的优先权日起计算。

申请人要求本国优先权，在先申请是发明专利申请的，可以就相同主题提出发明或者实用新型专利申请；在先申请是实用新型专利申请的，可以就相同主题提出实用新型或者发明专利申请。但是，提出后一申请时，在先申请的主题有下列情形之一的，不得作为要求本国优先权的基础：

（一）已经要求外国优先权或者本国优先权的；

（二）已经被授予专利权的；

（三）属于按照规定提出的分案申请的。

申请人要求本国优先权的，其在先申请自后一申请提出之日起即视为撤回。

第三十三条 在中国没有经常居所或者营业所的申请人，申请专利或者要求外国优先权的，国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以要求其提供下列文件：

（一）申请人是个人的，其国籍证明；

（二）申请人是企业或者其他组织的，其注册的国家或者地区的证明文件；

（三）申请人的所属国，承认中国单位和个人可以按照该国国民的同等条件，在该国享有专利权、优先权和其他与专利有关的权利的证明文件。

第三十四条 依照专利法第三十一条第一款规定，可以作为一件专利申请提出的属于一个总的发明构思的两项以上的发明或者实用新型，应当在技术上相互关联，包含一个或者多个相同或者相应的特定技术特征，其中特定技术特征是指每一项发明或者实用新型作为整体，对现有技术作出贡献的技术特征。

第三十五条 依照专利法第三十一条第二款规定，将同一产品的多项相似外观设计作为一件申请提出的，对该产品的其他设计应当与简要说明中指定的基本设计相似。一件外观设计专利申请中的相似外观设计不得超过10项。

专利法第三十一条第二款所称同一类别并且成套出售或者使用的产品的两项以上外观设计，是指各产品属于分类表中同一大类，习惯上同时出售或者同时使用，而且各产品的外观设计具有相同的设计构思。

将两项以上外观设计作为一件申请提出的，应当将各项外观设计的顺序编号标注在每件外观设计产品各幅图片或者照片的名称之前。

第三十六条 申请人撤回专利申请的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提出声明，写明发明创造的名称、申请号和申请日。

撤回专利申请的声明在国务院专利行政部门作好公布专利申请文件的印刷准备工作后提出的，申请文件仍予公布；但是，撤回专利申请的声明应当在以后出版的专利公报上予以公告。

第三章 专利申请的审查和批准

第三十七条 在初步审查、实质审查、复审和无效宣告程序中，实施审查和审理的人员有下列情形之一的，应当自行回避，当事人或者其他利害关系人可以要求其回避：

（一）是当事人或者其代理人的近亲属的；

（二）与专利申请或者专利权有利害关系的；

（三）与当事人或者其代理人有其他关系，可能影响公正审查和审理的；

（四）专利复审委员会成员曾参与原申请的审查的。

第三十八条 国务院专利行政部门收到发明或者实用新型专利申请的请求书、说明书（实用新型必须包括附图）和权利要求书，或者外观设计专利申请的请求书、外观设计的图片或者照片和简要说明后，应当明确申请日、给予申请号，并通知申请人。

第三十九条 专利申请文件有下列情形之一的，国务院专利行政部门不予受理，并通知申请人：

（一）发明或者实用新型专利申请缺少请求书、说明书（实用新型无附图）或者权利要求书的，或者外观设计专利申请缺少请求书、图片或者照片、简要说明的；

（二）未使用中文的；

（三）不符合本细则第一百二十一条第一款规定的；

（四）请求书中缺少申请人姓名或者名称，或者缺少地址的；

（五）明显不符合专利法第十八条或者第十九条第一款的规定的；

（六）专利申请类别（发明、实用新型或者外观设计）不明确或者难以确定的。

第四十条 说明书中写有对附图的说明但无附图或者缺少部分附图的，申请人应当在国务院专利行政部门指定的期限内补交附图或者声明取消对附图的说明。申请人补交附图的，以向国务院专利行政部门提交或者邮寄附图之日为申请日；取消对附图的说明的，保留原申请日。

第四十一条 两个以上的申请人同日（指申请日；有优先权的，指优先权日）分别就同样的发明创造申请专利的，应当在收到国务院专利行政部门的通知后自行协商确定申请人。

同一申请人在同日（指申请日）对同样的发明创造既申请实用新型专利又申请发明专利的，应当在申请时分别说明对同样的发明创造已申请了另一专利；未作说明的，依照专利法第九条第一款关于同样的发明创造只能授予一项专利权的规定处理。

国务院专利行政部门公告授予实用新型专利权，应当公告申请人已依照本条第二款的规定同时申请了发明专利的说明。

发明专利申请经审查没有发现驳回理由，国务院专利行政部门应当通知申请人在规定期限内声明放弃实用新型专利权。申请人声明放弃的，国务院专利行政部门应当作出授予发明专利权的决定，并在公告授予发明专利权时一并公告申请人放弃实用新型专利权声明。申请人不同意放弃的，国务院专利行政部门应当驳回该发明专利申请；申请人期满未答复的，视为撤回该发明专利申请。

实用新型专利权自公告授予发明专利权之日起终止。

第四十二条 一件专利申请包括两项以上发明、实用新型或者外观设计的，申请人可以在本细则第五十四条第一款规定的期限届满前，向国务院专利行政部门提出分案申请；但是，专利申请已经被驳回、撤回或者视为撤回的，不能提出分案申请。

国务院专利行政部门认为一件专利申请不符合专利法第三十一条和本细则第三十四条或者第三十五条的规定的，应当通知申请人在指定期限内对其申请进行修改；申请人期满未答复的，该申请视为撤回。

分案的申请不得改变原申请的类别。

第四十三条 依照本细则第四十二条规定提出的分案申请，可以保留原申请日，享有优先权的，可以保留优先权日，但是不得超出原申请记载的范围。

分案申请应当依照专利法及本细则的规定办理有关手续。

分案申请的请求书中应当写明原申请的申请号和申请日。提交分案申请时，申请人应当提交原申请文件副本；原申请享有优先权的，并应当提交原申请的优先权文件副本。

第四十四条 专利法第三十四条和第四十条所称初步审查，是指审查专利申请是否具备专利法第二十六条或者第二十七条规定的文件和其他必要的文件，这些文件是否符合规定的格式，并审查下列各项：

（一）发明专利申请是否明显属于专利法第五条、第二十五条规定的情形，是否不符合专利法第十八条、第十九条第一款、第二十条第一款或者本细则第十六条、第二十六条第二款的规定，是否明显不符合专利法第二条第二款、第二十六条第五款、第三十一条第一款、第三十三条或者本细则第十七条至第二十一条的规定；

（二）实用新型专利申请是否明显属于专利法第五条、第二十五条规定的情形，是否不符合专利法第十八条、第十九条第一款、第二十条第一款或者本细则第十六条至第十九条、第二十一条至第二十三条的规定，是否明显不符合专利法第二条第三款、第二十二条第二款、第四款、第二十六条第三款、第四款、第三十一条第一款、第三十三条或者本细则第二十条、第四十三条第一款的规定，是否依照专利法第九条规定不能取得专利权；

（三）外观设计专利申请是否明显属于专利法第五条、第二十五条第一款第（六）项规定的情形，是否不符合专利法第十八条、第十九条第一款或者本细则第十六条、第二十七条、第二十八条的规定，是否明显不符合专利法第二条第四款、第二十三条第一款、第二十七条第二款、第三十一条第二款、第三十三条或者本细则第四十三条第一款的规定，是否依照专利法第九条规定不能取得专利权；

（四）申请文件是否符合本细则第二条、第三条第一款的规定。

国务院专利行政部门应当将审查意见通知申请人，要求其在指定期限内陈述意见或者补正；申请人期满未答复的，其申请视为撤回。申请人陈述意见或者补正后，国务院专利行政部门仍然认为不符合前款所列各项规定的，应当予以驳回。

第四十五条 除专利申请文件外，申请人向国务院专利行政部门提交的与专利申请有关的其他文件有下列情形之一的，视为未提交：

（一）未使用规定的格式或者填写不符合规定的；

（二）未按照规定提交证明材料的。

国务院专利行政部门应当将视为未提交的审查意见通知申请人。

第四十六条 申请人请求早日公布其发明专利申请的，应当向国务院专利行政部门声明。国务院专利行政部门对该申请进行初步审查后，除予以驳回的外，应当立即将申请予以公布。

第四十七条 申请人写明使用外观设计的产品及其所属类别的，应当使用国务院专利行政部门公布的外观设计产品分类表。未写明使用外观设计的产品所属类别或者所写的类别不确切的，国务院专利行政部门可以予以补充或者修改。

第四十八条 自发明专利申请公布之日起至公告授予专利权之日止，任何人均可以对不符合专利法规定的专利申请向国务院专利行政部门提出意见，并说明理由。

第四十九条 发明专利申请人因有正当理由无法提交专利法第三十六条规定的检索资料或者审查结果资料的，应当向国务院专利行政部门声明，并在得到有关资料后补交。

第五十条 国务院专利行政部门依照专利法第三十五条第二款的规定对专利申请自行进行审查时，应当通知申请人。

第五十一条 发明专利申请人在提出实质审查请求时以及在收到国务院专利行政部门发出的发明专利申请进入实质审查阶段通知书之日起的3个月内，可以对发明专利申请主动提出修改。

实用新型或者外观设计专利申请人自申请日起2个月内，可以对实用新型或者外观设计专利申请主动提出修改。

申请人在收到国务院专利行政部门发出的审查意见通知书后对专利申请文件进行修改的，应当针对通知书指出的缺陷进行修改。

国务院专利行政部门可以自行修改专利申请文件中文字和符号的明显错误。国务院专利行政部门自行修改的，应当通知申请人。

第五十二条 发明或者实用新型专利申请的说明书或者权利要求书的修改部分，除个别文字修改或者增删外，应当按照规定格式提交替换页。外观设计专利申请的图片或者照片的修改，应当按照规定提交替换页。

第五十三条 依照专利法第三十八条的规定，发明专利申请经实质审查应当予以驳回的情形是指：

（一）申请属于专利法第五条、第二十五条规定的情形，或者依照专利法第九条规定不能取得专利权的；

（二）申请不符合专利法第二条第二款、第二十条第一款、第二十二条、第二十六条第三款、第四款、第五款、第三十一条第一款或者本细则第二十条第二款规定的；

（三）申请的修改不符合专利法第三十三条规定，或者分案的申请不符合本细则第四十三条第一款的规定的。

第五十四条 国务院专利行政部门发出授予专利权的通知后，申请人应当自收到通知之日起2个月内办理登记手续。申请人按期办理登记手续的，国务院专利行政部门应当授予专利权，颁发专利证书，并予以公告。

期满未办理登记手续的，视为放弃取得专利权的权利。

第五十五条 保密专利申请经审查没有发现驳回理由的，国务院专利行政部门应当作出授予保密专利权的决定，颁发保密专利证书，登记保密专利权的有关事项。

第五十六条 授予实用新型或者外观设计专利权的决定公告后，专利法第六十条规定的专利权人或者利害关系人可以请求国务院专利行政部门作出专利权评价报告。

请求作出专利权评价报告的，应当提交专利权评价报告请求书，写明专利号。每项请求应当限于一项专利权。

专利权评价报告请求书不符合规定的，国务院专利行政部门应当通知请求人在指定期限内补正；请求人期满未补正的，视为未提出请求。

第五十七条 国务院专利行政部门应当自收到专利权评价报告请求书后2个月内作出专利权评价报告。对同一项实用新型或者外观设计专利权，有多个请求人请求作出专利权评价报告的，国务院专利行政部门仅作出一份专利权评价报告。任何单位或者个人可以查阅或者复制该专利权评价报告。

第五十八条 国务院专利行政部门对专利公告、专利单行本中出现的错误，一经发现，应当及时更正，并对所作更正予以公告。

第四章 专利申请的复审与专利权的无效宣告

第五十九条 专利复审委员会由国务院专利行政部门指定的技术专家和法律专家组成，主任委员由国务院专利行政部门负责人兼任。

第六十条 依照专利法第四十一条的规定向专利复审委员会请求复审的，应当提交复审请求书，说明理由，必要时还应当附具有关证据。

复审请求不符合专利法第十九条第一款或者第四十一条第一款规定的，专利复审委员会不予受理，书面通知复审请求人并说明理由。

复审请求书不符合规定格式的，复审请求人应当在专利复审委员会指定的期限内补正；期满未补正的，该复审请求视为未提出。

第六十一条 请求人在提出复审请求或者在对专利复审委员会的复审通知书作出答复时，可以修改专利申请文件；但是，修改应当仅限于消除驳回决定或者复审通知书指出的缺陷。

修改的专利申请文件应当提交一式两份。

第六十二条 专利复审委员会应当将受理的复审请求书转交国务院专利行政部门原审查部门进行审查。原审查部门根据复审请求人的请求，同意撤销原决定的，专利复审委员会应当据此作出复审决定，并通知复审请求人。

第六十三条 专利复审委员会进行复审后，认为复审请求不符合专利法和本细则有关规定的，应当通知复审请求人，要求其在指定期限内陈述意见。期满未答复的，该复审请求视为撤回；经陈述意见或者进行修改后，专利复审委员会认为仍不符合专利法和本细则有关规定的，应当作出维持原驳回决定的复审决定。

专利复审委员会进行复审后，认为原驳回决定不符合专利法和本细则有关规定的，或者认为经过修改的专利申请文件消除了原驳回决定指出的缺陷的，应当撤销原驳回决定，由原审查部门继续进行审查程序。

第六十四条 复审请求人在专利复审委员会作出决定前，可以撤回其复审请求。

复审请求人在专利复审委员会作出决定前撤回其复审请求的，复审程序终止。

第六十五条 依照专利法第四十五条的规定，请求宣告专利权无效或者部分无效的，应当向专利复审委员会提交专利权无效宣告请求书和必要的证据一式两份。无效宣告请求书应当结合提交的所有证据，具体说明无效宣告请求的理由，并指明每项理由所依据的证据。

前款所称无效宣告请求的理由，是指被授予专利的发明创造不符合专利法第二条、第二十条第一款、第二十二条、第二十三条、第二十六条第三款、第四款、第二十七条第二款、第三十三条或者本细则第二十条第二款、第四十三条第一款的规定，或者属于专利法第五条、第二十五条的规定，或者依照专利法第九条规定不能取得专利权。

第六十六条 专利权无效宣告请求不符合专利法第十九条第一款或者本细则第六十五条规定的，专利复审委员会不予受理。

在专利复审委员会就无效宣告请求作出决定之后，又以同样的理由和证据请求无效宣告的，专利复审委员会不予受理。

以不符合专利法第二十三条第三款的规定为理由请求宣告外观设计专利权无效，但是未提交证明权利冲突的证据的，专利复审委员会不予受理。

专利权无效宣告请求书不符合规定格式的，无效宣告请求人应当在专利复审委员会指定的期限内补正；期满未补正的，该无效宣告请求视为未提出。

第六十七条 在专利复审委员会受理无效宣告请求后，请求人可以在提出无效宣告请求之日起1个月内增加理由或者补充证据。逾期增加理由或者补充证据的，专利复审委员会可以不予考虑。

第六十八条 专利复审委员会应当将专利权无效宣告请求书和有关文件的副本送交专利权人，要求其在指定的期限内陈述意见。

专利权人和无效宣告请求人应当在指定期限内答复专利复审委员会发出的转送文件通知书或者无效宣告请求审查通知书；期满未答复的，不影响专利复审委员会审理。

第六十九条 在无效宣告请求的审查过程中，发明或者实用新型专利的专利权人可以修改其权利要求书，但是不得扩大原专利的保护范围。

发明或者实用新型专利的专利权人不得修改专利说明书和附图，外观设计专利的专利权人不得修改图片、照片和简要说明。

第七十条 专利复审委员会根据当事人的请求或者案情需要，可以决定对无效宣告请求进行口头审理。

专利复审委员会决定对无效宣告请求进行口头审理的，应当向当事人发出口头审理通知书，告知举行口头审理的日期和地点。当事人应当在通知书指定的期限内作出答复。

无效宣告请求人对专利复审委员会发出的口头审理通知书在指定的期限内未作答复，并且不参加口头审理的，其无效宣告请求视为撤回；专利权人不参加口头审理的，可以缺席审理。

第七十一条 在无效宣告请求审查程序中，专利复审委员会指定的期限不得延长。

第七十二条 专利复审委员会对无效宣告的请求作出决定前，无效宣告请求人可以撤回其请求。

专利复审委员会作出决定之前，无效宣告请求人撤回其请求或者其无效宣告请求被视为撤回的，无效宣告请求审查程序终止。但是，专利复审委员会认为根据已进行的审查工作能够作出宣告专利权无效或者部分无效的决定的，不终止审查程序。

第五章 专利实施的强制许可

第七十三条 专利法第四十八条第（一）项所称未充分实施其专利，是指专利权人及其被许可人实施其专利的方式或者规模不能满足国内对专利产品或者专利方法的需求。

专利法第五十条所称取得专利权的药品，是指解决公共健康问题所需的医药领域中的任何专利产品或者依照专利方法直接获得的产品，包括取得专利权的制造该产品所需的活性成分以及使用该产品所需的诊断用品。

第七十四条 请求给予强制许可的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提交强制许可请求书，说明理由并附具有关证明文件。

国务院专利行政部门应当将强制许可请求书的副本送交专利权人，专利权人应当在国务院专利行政部门指定的期限内陈述意见；期满未答复的，不影响国务院专利行政部门作出决定。

国务院专利行政部门在作出驳回强制许可请求的决定或者给予强制许可的决定前，应当通知请求人和专利权人拟作出的决定及其理由。

国务院专利行政部门依照专利法第五十条的规定作出给予强制许可的决定，应当同时符合中国缔结或者参加的有关国际条约关于为了解决公共健康问题而给予强制许可的规定，但中国作出保留的除外。

第七十五条 依照专利法第五十七条的规定，请求国务院专利行政部门裁决使用费数额的，当事人应当提出裁决请求书，并附具双方不能达成协议的证明文件。国务院专利行政部门应当自收到请求书之日起3个月内作出裁决，并通知当事人。

第六章 对职务发明创造的发明人或者设计人的奖励和报酬

第七十六条 被授予专利权的单位可以与发明人、设计人约定或者在其依法制定的规章制度中规定专利法第十六条规定的奖励、报酬的方式和数额。

企业、事业单位给予发明人或者设计人的奖励、报酬，按照国家有关财务、会计制度的规定进行处理。

第七十七条 被授予专利权的单位未与发明人、设计人约定也未在其依法制定的规章制度中规定专利法第十六条规定的奖励的方式和数额的，应当自专利权公告之日起3个月内发给发明人或者设计人奖金。一项发明专利的奖金最低不少于3000元；一项实用新型专利或者外观设计专利的奖金最低不少于1000元。

由于发明人或者设计人的建议被其所属单位采纳而完成的发明创造，被授予专利权的单位应当从优发给奖金。

第七十八条 被授予专利权的单位未与发明人、设计人约定也未在其依法制定的规章制度中规定专利法第十六条规定的报酬的方式和数额的，在专利权有效期限内，实施发明创造专利后，每年应当从实施该项发明或者实用新型专利的营业利润中提取不低于2%或者从实施该项外观设计专利的营业利润中提取不低于0.2%，作为报酬给予发明人或者设计人，或者参照上述比例，给予发明人或者设计人一次性报酬；被授予专利权的单位许可其他单位或者个人实施其专利的，应当从收取的使用费中提取不低于10%，作为报酬给予发明人或者设计人。

第七章 专利权的保护

第七十九条 专利法和本细则所称管理专利工作的部门，是指由省、自治区、直辖市人民政府以及专利管理工作量大又有实际处理能力的设区的市人民政府设立的管理专利工作的部门。

第八十条 国务院专利行政部门应当对管理专利工作的部门处理专利侵权纠纷、查处假冒专利行为、调解专利纠纷进行业务指导。

第八十一条 当事人请求处理专利侵权纠纷或者调解专利纠纷的，由被请求人所在地或者侵权行为地的管理专利工作的部门管辖。

两个以上管理专利工作的部门都有管辖权的专利纠纷，当事人可以向其中一个管理专利工作的部门提出请求；当事人向两个以上有管辖权的管理专利工作的部门提出请求的，由最先受理的管理专利工作的部门管辖。

管理专利工作的部门对管辖权发生争议的，由其共同的上级人民政府管理专利工作的部门指定管辖；无共同上级人民政府管理专利工作的部门的，由国务院专利行政部门指定管辖。

第八十二条 在处理专利侵权纠纷过程中，被请求人提出无效宣告请求并被专利复审委员会受理的，可以请求管理专利工作的部门中止处理。

管理专利工作的部门认为被请求人提出的中止理由明显不能成立的，可以不中止处理。

第八十三条 专利权人依照专利法第十七条的规定，在其专利产品或者该产品的包装上标明专利标识的，应当按照国务院专利行政部门规定的方式予以标明。

专利标识不符合前款规定的，由管理专利工作的部门责令改正。

第八十四条 下列行为属于专利法第六十三条规定的假冒专利的行为：

（一）在未被授予专利权的产品或者其包装上标注专利标识，专利权被宣告无效后或者终止后继续在产品或者其包装上标注专利标识，或者未经许可在产品或者产品包装上标注他人的专利号；

（二）销售第（一）项所述产品；

（三）在产品说明书等材料中将未被授予专利权的技术或者设计称为专利技术或者专利设计，将专利申请称为专利，或者未经许可使用他人的专利号，使公众将所涉及的技术或者设计误认为是专利技术或者专利设计；

（四）伪造或者变造专利证书、专利文件或者专利申请文件；

（五）其他使公众混淆，将未被授予专利权的技术或者设计误认为是专利技术或者专利设计的行为。

专利权终止前依法在专利产品、依照专利方法直接获得的产品或者其包装上标注专利标识，在专利权终止后许诺销售、销售该产品的，不属于假冒专利行为。

销售不知道是假冒专利的产品，并且能够证明该产品合法来源的，由管理专利工作的部门责令停止销售，但免除罚款的处罚。

第八十五条 除专利法第六十条规定的外，管理专利工作的部门应当事人请求，可以对下列专利纠纷进行调解：

（一）专利申请权和专利权归属纠纷；

（二）发明人、设计人资格纠纷；

（三）职务发明创造的发明人、设计人的奖励和报酬纠纷；

（四）在发明专利申请公布后专利权授予前使用发明而未支付适当费用的纠纷；

（五）其他专利纠纷。

对于前款第（四）项所列的纠纷，当事人请求管理专利工作的部门调解的，应当在专利权被授予之后提出。

第八十六条 当事人因专利申请权或者专利权的归属发生纠纷，已请求管理专利工作的部门调解或者向人民法院起诉的，可以请求国务院专利行政部门中止有关程序。

依照前款规定请求中止有关程序的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提交请求书，并附具管理专利工作的部门或者人民法院的写明申请号或者专利号的有关受理文件副本。

管理专利工作的部门作出的调解书或者人民法院作出的判决生效后，当事人应当向国务院专利行政部门办理恢复有关程序的手续。自请求中止之日起1年内，有关专利申请权或者专利权归属的纠纷未能结案，需要继续中止有关程序的，请求人应当在该期限内请求延长中止。期满未请求延长的，国务院专利行政部门自行恢复有关程序。

第八十七条 人民法院在审理民事案件中裁定对专利申请权或者专利权采取保全措施的，国务院专利行政部门应当在收到写明申请号或者专利号的裁定书和协助执行通知书之日中止被保全的专利申请权或者专利权的有关程序。保全期限届满，人民法院没有裁定继续采取保全措施的，国务院专利行政部门自行恢复有关程序。

第八十八条 国务院专利行政部门根据本细则第八十六条和第八十七条规定中止有关程序，是指暂停专利申请的初步审查、实质审查、复审程序，授予专利权程序和专利权无效宣告程序；暂停办理放弃、变更、转移专利权或者专利申请权手续，专利权质押手续以及专利权期限届满前的终止手续等。

第八章 专利登记和专利公报

第八十九条 国务院专利行政部门设置专利登记簿，登记下列与专利申请和专利权有关的事项：

（一）专利权的授予；

（二）专利申请权、专利权的转移；

（三）专利权的质押、保全及其解除；

（四）专利实施许可合同的备案；

（五）专利权的无效宣告；

（六）专利权的终止；

（七）专利权的恢复；

（八）专利实施的强制许可；

（九）专利权人的姓名或者名称、国籍和地址的变更。

第九十条 国务院专利行政部门定期出版专利公报，公布或者公告下列内容：

（一）发明专利申请的著录事项和说明书摘要；

（二）发明专利申请的实质审查请求和国务院专利行政部门对发明专利申请自行进行实质审查的决定；

（三）发明专利申请公布后的驳回、撤回、视为撤回、视为放弃、恢复和转移；

（四）专利权的授予以及专利权的著录事项；

（五）发明或者实用新型专利的说明书摘要，外观设计专利的一幅图片或者照片；

（六）国防专利、保密专利的解密；

（七）专利权的无效宣告；

（八）专利权的终止、恢复；

（九）专利权的转移；

（十）专利实施许可合同的备案；

（十一）专利权的质押、保全及其解除；

（十二）专利实施的强制许可的给予；

（十三）专利权人的姓名或者名称、地址的变更；

（十四）文件的公告送达；

（十五）国务院专利行政部门作出的更正；

（十六）其他有关事项。

第九十一条 国务院专利行政部门应当提供专利公报、发明专利申请单行本以及发明专利、实用新型专利、外观设计专利单行本，供公众免费查阅。

第九十二条 国务院专利行政部门负责按照互惠原则与其他国家、地区的专利机关或者区域性专利组织交换专利文献。

第九章 费 用

第九十三条 向国务院专利行政部门申请专利和办理其他手续时，应当缴纳下列费用：

（一）申请费、申请附加费、公布印刷费、优先权要求费；

（二）发明专利申请实质审查费、复审费；

（三）专利登记费、公告印刷费、年费；

（四）恢复权利请求费、延长期限请求费；

（五）著录事项变更费、专利权评价报告请求费、无效宣告请求费。

前款所列各种费用的缴纳标准，由国务院价格管理部门、财政部门会同国务院专利行政部门规定。

第九十四条 专利法和本细则规定的各种费用，可以直接向国务院专利行政部门缴纳，也可以通过邮局或者银行汇付，或者以国务院专利行政部门规定的其他方式缴纳。

通过邮局或者银行汇付的，应当在送交国务院专利行政部门的汇单上写明正确的申请号或者专利号以及缴纳的费用名称。不符合本款规定的，视为未办理缴费手续。

直接向国务院专利行政部门缴纳费用的，以缴纳当日为缴费日；以邮局汇付方式缴纳费用的，以邮局汇出的邮戳日为缴费日；以银行汇付方式缴纳费用的，以银行实际汇出日为缴费日。

多缴、重缴、错缴专利费用的，当事人可以自缴费日起3年内，向国务院专利行政部门提出退款请求，国务院专利行政部门应当予以退还。

第九十五条 申请人应当自申请日起2个月内或者在收到受理通知书之日起15日内缴纳申请费、公布印刷费和必要的申请附加费；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，其申请视为撤回。

申请人要求优先权的，应当在缴纳申请费的同时缴纳优先权要求费；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未要求优先权。

第九十六条 当事人请求实质审查或者复审的，应当在专利法及本细则规定的相关期限内缴纳费用；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未提出请求。

第九十七条 申请人办理登记手续时，应当缴纳专利登记费、公告印刷费和授予专利权当年的年费；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未办理登记手续。

第九十八条 授予专利权当年以后的年费应当在上一年度期满前缴纳。专利权人未缴纳或者未缴足的，国务院专利行政部门应当通知专利权人自应当缴纳年费期满之日起6个月内补缴，同时缴纳滞纳金；滞纳金的金额按照每超过规定的缴费时间1个月，加收当年全额年费的5%计算；期满未缴纳的，专利权自应当缴纳年费期满之日起终止。

第九十九条 恢复权利请求费应当在本细则规定的相关期限内缴纳；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未提出请求。

延长期限请求费应当在相应期限届满之日前缴纳；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未提出请求。

著录事项变更费、专利权评价报告请求费、无效宣告请求费应当自提出请求之日起1个月内缴纳；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未提出请求。

第一百条 申请人或者专利权人缴纳本细则规定的各种费用有困难的，可以按照规定向国务院专利行政部门提出减缴或者缓缴的请求。减缴或者缓缴的办法由国务院财政部门会同国务院价格管理部门、国务院专利行政部门规定。

第十章 关于国际申请的特别规定

第一百零一条 国务院专利行政部门根据专利法第二十条规定，受理按照专利合作条约提出的专利国际申请。

按照专利合作条约提出并指定中国的专利国际申请（以下简称国际申请）进入国务院专利行政部门处理阶段（以下称进入中国国家阶段）的条件和程序适用本章的规定；本章没有规定的，适用专利法及本细则其他各章的有关规定。

第一百零二条 按照专利合作条约已确定国际申请日并指定中国的国际申请，视为向国务院专利行政部门提出的专利申请，该国际申请日视为专利法第二十八条所称的申请日。

第一百零三条 国际申请的申请人应当在专利合作条约第二条所称的优先权日（本章简称优先权日）起30个月内，向国务院专利行政部门办理进入中国国家阶段的手续；申请人未在该期限内办理该手续的，在缴纳宽限费后，可以在自优先权日起32个月内办理进入中国国家阶段的手续。

第一百零四条 申请人依照本细则第一百零三条的规定办理进入中国国家阶段的手续的，应当符合下列要求：

（一）以中文提交进入中国国家阶段的书面声明，写明国际申请号和要求获得的专利权类型；

（二）缴纳本细则第九十三条第一款规定的申请费、公布印刷费，必要时缴纳本细则第一百零三条规定的宽限费；

（三）国际申请以外文提出的，提交原始国际申请的说明书和权利要求书的中文译文；

（四）在进入中国国家阶段的书面声明中写明发明创造的名称，申请人姓名或者名称、地址和发明人的姓名，上述内容应当与世界知识产权组织国际局（以下简称国际局）的记录一致；国际申请中未写明发明人的，在上述声明中写明发明人的姓名；

（五）国际申请以外文提出的，提交摘要的中文译文，有附图和摘要附图的，提交附图副本和摘要附图副本，附图中有文字的，将其替换为对应的中文文字；国际申请以中文提出的，提交国际公布文件中的摘要和摘要附图副本；

（六）在国际阶段向国际局已办理申请人变更手续的，提供变更后的申请人享有申请权的证明材料；

（七）必要时缴纳本细则第九十三条第一款规定的申请附加费。

符合本条第一款第（一）项至第（三）项要求的，国务院专利行政部门应当给予申请号，明确国际申请进入中国国家阶段的日期（以下简称进入日），并通知申请人其国际申请已进入中国国家阶段。

国际申请已进入中国国家阶段，但不符合本条第一款第（四）项至第（七）项要求的，国务院专利行政部门应当通知申请人在指定期限内补正；期满未补正的，其申请视为撤回。

第一百零五条 国际申请有下列情形之一的，其在中国的效力终止：

（一）在国际阶段，国际申请被撤回或者被视为撤回，或者国际申请对中国的指定被撤回的；

（二）申请人未在优先权日起32个月内按照本细则第一百零三条规定办理进入中国国家阶段手续的；

（三）申请人办理进入中国国家阶段的手续，但自优先权日起32个月期限届满仍不符合本细则第一百零四条第（一）项至第（三）项要求的。

依照前款第（一）项的规定，国际申请在中国的效力终止的，不适用本细则第六条的规定；依照前款第（二）项、第（三）项的规定，国际申请在中国的效力终止的，不适用本细则第六条第二款的规定。

第一百零六条 国际申请在国际阶段作过修改，申请人要求以经修改的申请文件为基础进行审查的，应当自进入日起2个月内提交修改部分的中文译文。在该期间内未提交中文译文的，对申请人在国际阶段提出的修改，国务院专利行政部门不予考虑。

第一百零七条 国际申请涉及的发明创造有专利法第二十四条第（一）项或者第（二）项所列情形之一，在提出国际申请时作过声明的，申请人应当在进入中国国家阶段的书面声明中予以说明，并自进入日起2个月内提交本细则第三十条第三款规定的有关证明文件；未予说明或者期满未提交证明文件的，其申请不适用专利法第二十四条的规定。

第一百零八条 申请人按照专利合作条约的规定，对生物材料样品的保藏已作出说明的，视为已经满足了本细则第二十四条第（三）项的要求。申请人应当在进入中国国家阶段声明中指明记载生物材料样品保藏事项的文件以及在该文件中的具体记载位置。

申请人在原始提交的国际申请的说明书中已记载生物材料样品保藏事项，但是没有在进入中国国家阶段声明中指明的，应当自进入日起4个月内补正。期满未补正的，该生物材料视为未提交保藏。

申请人自进入日起4个月内向国务院专利行政部门提交生物材料样品保藏证明和存活证明的，视为在本细则第二十四条第（一）项规定的期限内提交。

第一百零九条 国际申请涉及的发明创造依赖遗传资源完成的，申请人应当在国际申请进入中国国家阶段的书面声明中予以说明，并填写国务院专利行政部门制定的表格。

第一百一十条 申请人在国际阶段已要求一项或者多项优先权，在进入中国国家阶段时该优先权要求继续有效的，视为已经依照专利法第三十条的规定提出了书面声明。

申请人应当自进入日起2个月内缴纳优先权要求费；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未要求该优先权。

申请人在国际阶段已依照专利合作条约的规定，提交过在先申请文件副本的，办理进入中国国家阶段手续时不需要向国务院专利行政部门提交在先申请文件副本。申请人在国际阶段未提交在先申请文件副本的，国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以通知申请人在指定期限内补交；申请人期满未补交的，其优先权要求视为未提出。

第一百一十一条 在优先权日起30个月期满前要求国务院专利行政部门提前处理和审查国际申请的，申请人除应当办理进入中国国家阶段手续外，还应当依照专利合作条约第二十三条第二款规定提出请求。国际局尚未向国务院专利行政部门传送国际申请的，申请人应当提交经确认的国际申请副本。

第一百一十二条 要求获得实用新型专利权的国际申请，申请人可以自进入日起2个月内对专利申请文件主动提出修改。

要求获得发明专利权的国际申请，适用本细则第五十一条第一款的规定。

第一百一十三条 申请人发现提交的说明书、权利要求书或者附图中的文字的中文译文存在错误的，可以在下列规定期限内依照原始国际申请文本提出改正：

（一）在国务院专利行政部门作好公布发明专利申请或者公告实用新型专利权的准备工作之前；

（二）在收到国务院专利行政部门发出的发明专利申请进入实质审查阶段通知书之日起3个月内。

申请人改正译文错误的，应当提出书面请求并缴纳规定的译文改正费。

申请人按照国务院专利行政部门的通知书的要求改正译文的，应当在指定期限内办理本条第二款规定的手续；期满未办理规定手续的，该申请视为撤回。

第一百一十四条 对要求获得发明专利权的国际申请，国务院专利行政部门经初步审查认为符合专利法和本细则有关规定的，应当在专利公报上予以公布；国际申请以中文以外的文字提出的，应当公布申请文件的中文译文。

要求获得发明专利权的国际申请，由国际局以中文进行国际公布的，自国际公布日起适用专利法第十三条的规定；由国际局以中文以外的文字进行国际公布的，自国务院专利行政部门公布之日起适用专利法第十三条的规定。

对国际申请，专利法第二十一条和第二十二条中所称的公布是指本条第一款所规定的公布。

第一百一十五条 国际申请包含两项以上发明或者实用新型的，申请人可以自进入日起，依照本细则第四十二条第一款的规定提出分案申请。

在国际阶段，国际检索单位或者国际初步审查单位认为国际申请不符合专利合作条约规定的单一性要求时，申请人未按照规定缴纳附加费，导致国际申请某些部分未经国际检索或者未经国际初步审查，在进入中国国家阶段时，申请人要求将所述部分作为审查基础，国务院专利行政部门认为国际检索单位或者国际初步审查单位对发明单一性的判断正确的，应当通知申请人在指定期限内缴纳单一性恢复费。期满未缴纳或者未足额缴纳的，国际申请中未经检索或者未经国际初步审查的部分视为撤回。

第一百一十六条 国际申请在国际阶段被有关国际单位拒绝给予国际申请日或者宣布视为撤回的，申请人在收到通知之日起2个月内，可以请求国际局将国际申请档案中任何文件的副本转交国务院专利行政部门，并在该期限内向国务院专利行政部门办理本细则第一百零三条规定的手续，国务院专利行政部门应当在接到国际局传送的文件后，对国际单位作出的决定是否正确进行复查。

第一百一十七条 基于国际申请授予的专利权，由于译文错误，致使依照专利法第五十九条规定确定的保护范围超出国际申请的原文所表达的范围的，以依据原文限制后的保护范围为准；致使保护范围小于国际申请的原文所表达的范围的，以授权时的保护范围为准。

第十一章 附 则

第一百一十八条 经国务院专利行政部门同意，任何人均可以查阅或者复制已经公布或者公告的专利申请的案卷和专利登记簿，并可以请求国务院专利行政部门出具专利登记簿副本。

已视为撤回、驳回和主动撤回的专利申请的案卷，自该专利申请失效之日起满2年后不予保存。

已放弃、宣告全部无效和终止的专利权的案卷，自该专利权失效之日起满3年后不予保存。

第一百一十九条 向国务院专利行政部门提交申请文件或者办理各种手续，应当由申请人、专利权人、其他利害关系人或者其代表人签字或者盖章；委托专利代理机构的，由专利代理机构盖章。

请求变更发明人姓名、专利申请人和专利权人的姓名或者名称、国籍和地址、专利代理机构的名称、地址和代理人姓名的，应当向国务院专利行政部门办理著录事项变更手续，并附具变更理由的证明材料。

第一百二十条 向国务院专利行政部门邮寄有关申请或者专利权的文件，应当使用挂号信函，不得使用包裹。

除首次提交专利申请文件外，向国务院专利行政部门提交各种文件、办理各种手续的，应当标明申请号或者专利号、发明创造名称和申请人或者专利权人姓名或者名称。

一件信函中应当只包含同一申请的文件。

第一百二十一条 各类申请文件应当打字或者印刷，字迹呈黑色，整齐清晰，并不得涂改。附图应当用制图工具和黑色墨水绘制，线条应当均匀清晰，并不得涂改。

请求书、说明书、权利要求书、附图和摘要应当分别用阿拉伯数字顺序编号。

申请文件的文字部分应当横向书写。纸张限于单面使用。

第一百二十二条 国务院专利行政部门根据专利法和本细则制定专利审查指南。

第一百二十三条 本细则自2001年7月1日起施行。1992年12月12日国务院批准修订、1992年12月21日中国专利局发布的《中华人民共和国专利法实施细则》同时废止。


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