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 the People's Republic of China on June 15, 2001, and revised according to the Decision of the State Council on Amending
the Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China promulgated on December 28, 2002)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Rules are formulated in accordance with the Patent Law of the People's Republic
of China (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Law).
Article 2 "Invention" in the Patent Law means any new technical solution relating to a product, a
process or improvement thereof.
"Utility model" in the Patent Law means any new technical solution relating to the shape, the
structure, or their combination, of a product, which is fit for practical use.
"Design" in the Patent Law means any new design of the shape, pattern or their combination, or the
combination of the color with shape or pattern, of a product, which creates an aesthetic feeling and is
fit for industrial application.
Article 3 Any formalities prescribed by the Patent Law and these Rules shall be gone through in a
written form or in any other form prescribed by the patent administration department under the State
Council.
Article 4 Any document submitted in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law and these
Rules 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(s) or certifying document(s) submitted in accordance with the provisions of
the Patent Law and these Rules 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(s) or
the certifying document(s) be submitted within a specified time limit; where the translation is not
submitted within the specified time limit, the certificate(s) or certifying document(s) shall be deemed
not to have been submitted.
Article 5 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
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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(s).
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(s).
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.
Article 6 The first day of any time limit prescribed in the Patent Law and these Rules shall not be
counted in the time limit. Where the time limit is counted by year or by month, it shall expire on the
corresponding day of the last month; if there is no corresponding day in that month, the time limit
shall expire on the last day of that month; if a time limit expires on an official holiday, it shall expire
on the first working day following that official holiday.
Article 7 Where a time limit prescribed in the Patent Law or these Rules 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, state the reasons, together with relevant supporting documents, and request the
patent administration department under the State Council to restore his or its rights.
Where a time limit prescribed in the Patent Law or these Rules or specified by the patent
administration department under the State Council is not observed by a party concerned because of
any justified reason, 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.
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 Article shall not be applicable to the time limit
referred to in Articles 24, 29, 42 and 62 of the Patent Law.
Article 8 Where an application for a patent for invention relates to the secrets of the State
concerning national defense and requires to be kept secret, the application for patent shall be filed
with the patent department of national defense. Where any application for patent for invention relating
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to the secrets of the State concerning national defense and requiring to be kept secret is received by
the patent administration department under the State Council, the application shall be forwarded to the
patent department of national defense for examination, and the patent administration department
under the State Council shall make a decision on the basis of the observations of the examination
made by the patent department of national defense.
Subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the patent administration department under
the State Council shall, after receipt of an application for patent for invention which is required to be
examined for the purpose of security, send it to the relevant competent department under the State
Council for examination. The relevant competent department shall, within four months from the date
of receipt of the application, notify the patent administration department under the State Council of
the results of the examination. Where the invention for which a patent is applied for is required to be
kept secret, the patent administration department under the State Council shall handle it as an
application for secret patent and notify the applicant accordingly.
Article 9 Any invention-creation that is contrary to the laws of the State 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 of the State.
Article 10 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 a priority is claimed.
The date of filing referred to in these Rules, except as otherwise prescribed, means the date of filing
prescribed in Article 28 of the Patent Law.
Article l1 "A service invention-creation made by a person in execution of the 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 from his resignation, retirement or change of work, 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 person concerned is a temporary staff member. “Material and technical means of the entity”
referred to in Article 6 mean the entity's money, equipment, spare parts, raw materials or technical
materials which are not disclosed to the public.
Article 12 "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 organizational 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.
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Article l3 For any identical invention-creation, only one patent right shall be granted.
Two or more applicants who respectively file, on the same day, applications for patent for the
identical invention-creation, as provided for in Article 9 of the Patent Law, shall, after receipt of a
notification from the patent administration department under the State Council, hold consultations
among themselves to decide the person or persons who shall be entitled to file the application.
Article 14 Any assignment of the right to apply for a patent or of the patent right, by a Chinese
entity or individual, to a foreigner shall be approved by the competent department for foreign trade
and economic affairs of the State Council in conjunction with the science and technology
administration department of the State Council.
Article 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, on the strength of relevant certifying documents or legal papers, request the patent
administration department under the State Council to make a registration of change in the owner of
the 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.
Chapter II Application for Patent
Article l6 Anyone who applies for a patent in written form shall file with the patent administration
department under the State Council application documents in two copies.
Anyone who applies for a patent in other forms as provided by the patent administration department
under the State Council shall comply with the relevant provisions.
Any applicant who appoints a patent agency for applying for a patent, or for having other patent
matters to attend to before 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.
Article l7 "Other related matters" in the request referred to in Article 26, paragraph two of the
Patent Law mean:
(1) the nationality of the applicant;
(2) where the applicant is an enterprise or other organization, the name of the country in which the
applicant has the principal business office;
(3) where the applicant has appointed a patent agency, the relevant matters which shall be
indicated; where no patent agency is appointed, the name, address, postcode and telephone number of
the liaison person;
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(4) where the priority of an earlier application is claimed, the relevant matters which shall be
indicated;
(5) the signature or seal of the applicant or the patent agency;
(6) a list of the documents constituting the application;
(7) a list of the documents appending the application; and
(8) any other related matter which needs to be indicated.
Article l8 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 to be protected
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.
Article l9 The same sheet of drawings may contain several figures of the invention or utility model,
and the figures shall be numbered and arranged in numerical order consecutively as "Figure l, Figure
2, …".
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The scale and the distinctness of the drawings shall be as such that a reproduction with a linear
reduction in size to two-thirds would still enable all details to be clearly distinguished.
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 appearing 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.
Article 20 The claims shall define clearly and concisely the matter for which protection is sought in
terms of 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.
Article 2l 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 that it refers to.
Article 22 An independent claim of an invention or utility model shall contain a preamble portion
and a characterizing 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 characterizing portion: stating, in such words as "characterized 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.
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Article 23 Any dependent claim of an invention or utility model shall contain a reference portion
and a characterizing portion, and be presented in the following manner:
(l) a reference portion: indicating the serial number(s) of the claim(s) referred to, and the title of the
subject matter;
(2) a characterizing 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.
Article 24 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 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 characterizes the invention. In an
application for a patent which contains drawings, the applicant shall provide a figure which best
characterizes the technical features of the invention or utility model. The scale and the distinctness 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. There shall be no commercial advertising in the abstract.
Article 25 Where an invention for which a patent is applied concerns a new biological material
which is not available to the public and which cannot be described in the application in such a manner
as to enable the invention to be carried out by a person skilled in the art, the applicant shall, in
addition to the other requirements provided for in the Patent Law and these Rules, go through the
following formalities:
(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) giving 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) and the name 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
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supplied within four months from the date of filing; where after the expiration of the time limit they
are not supplied, the sample of the biological material shall be deemed not to have been deposited.
Article 26 Where the applicant for a patent for invention has deposited a sample of the biological
material in accordance with the provisions of Article 25 of these Rules, 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 or title and address of the claimant;
(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 27 The size of drawings or photographs of a design submitted in accordance with the
provisions of Article 27 of the Patent Law shall not be smaller than 3cm x 8cm, nor larger than l5cm x
22cm.
Where an application for a patent for design seeking concurrent protection of colors is filed, a
drawing or photograph in color shall be submitted in two copies.
The applicant shall, in respect of the subject matter of the product incorporating the design which is
in need of protection, submit the relevant views and stereoscopic drawings or photographs, so as to
clearly show the subject matter for which protection is sought.
Article 28 Where an application for a patent for design is filed, a brief explanation of the design
shall, when necessary, be made.
The brief explanation of the design shall include the essential portion of the design, the colors for
which protection is sought and the omission of the view of the product incorporating the design. The
brief explanation shall not contain any commercial advertising and shall not be used to indicate the
function of the product.
Article 29 Where the patent administration department under the State Council deems it necessary,
it may require the applicant for a patent for design to submit a sample or model 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 easy to get rotten or
broken or articles that are dangerous shall not be submitted as sample or model.
Article 30 The existing technology referred to in Article 22, paragraph three of the Patent Law
means any technology which has been publicly disclosed in domestic or foreign publications, or has
been publicly and domestically used or made known to the public by any other means, before the date
of filing (or the priority date where priority is claimed), that is, prior art.
Article 3l The academic or technological meeting referred to in Article 24, subparagraph (2) of the
Patent Law means any academic or technological meeting organized by a relevant competent
department of the State Council or by a national academic or technological association.
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Where any invention-creation for which a patent is applied for falls under 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 organized the international exhibition or academic or
technological meeting, stating the fact that the invention-creation was exhibited or published with the
date of its exhibition or publication.
Where any invention-creation for which a patent is applied for falls under the provisions of Article
24, subparagraph (3) of the Patent Law, the patent administration department under the State Council
may, when it deems 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 two of this Article, or fails to submit certifying documents within the specified time limit as
required in paragraph three of this Article, the provisions of Article 24 of the Patent Law shall not
apply to the application.
Article 32 Where any applicant claims priority in accordance with the provisions of Article 30 of
the Patent Law, he or it shall, in his or its written declaration, indicate the date and the number of the
application which is first filed (hereinafter referred to as the earlier application) and the country in
which the application is filed. If the written declaration does not contain the filing date of the earlier
application and the name of the country in which the application is filed, the declaration shall be
deemed not to have been made.
Where the foreign priority is claimed, the copy of the earlier application documents submitted by
the applicant shall be certified by the competent authority of the foreign country in which the
application is filed. Where in the certifying material submitted, the name or title of the later applicant
is not the same as that of the earlier one, the applicant shall submit document certifying the
assignment of priority. Where the domestic priority is claimed, the copy of the earlier application
document shall be prepared by the patent administration department under the State Council.
Article 33 An applicant may claim one or more priorities for an application for one 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 under any of the following
circumstances, it may not be taken as the basis for claiming domestic priority:
(1) where it has claimed foreign or domestic priority;
(2) where it has been granted a patent right;
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(3) where it is 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.
Article 34 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 it deems necessary, require the applicant to submit the
following documents:
(1) a certificate of nationality :
(2) a document certifying the seat of the business office or the headquarters, if the applicant is an
enterprise or other organization;
(3) a document certifying that the country, to which the foreigner, foreign enterprise or other
foreign organization belongs, recognizes that Chinese entities and individuals are, under the same
conditions as those applied to its nationals, entitled to the patent right, the priority and other related
rights in that country.
Article 35 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 provisions in 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.
Article 36 The expression "the same class" referred to in Article 3l, paragraph two of the Patent
Law means that the products incorporating the designs belong to the same subclass in the
classification of products for designs. The expression "be sold or used in sets" means that the products
incorporating the designs have the same designing concept and are customarily sold and used at the
same time.
Where two or more designs are filed as one application in accordance with the provisions in Article
3l, paragraph two of the Patent Law, they shall be numbered consecutively and the numbers shall
precede the titles of the view of the product incorporating the design.
Article 37 When withdrawing an application for a patent, the applicant shall submit to the patent
administration department under the State Council a declaration 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 patent
administration department under the State Council has completed the preparations for the publication
of the application document, the application document shall be published as scheduled. However, the
declaration withdrawing the application for patent shall be publicized in the Patent Gazette published
later.
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Chapter III Examination and Approval of Application for Patent
Article 38 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 exercising his functions:
(1) where he is a near relative of the party concerned or of the latter’s agent;
(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 latter’s agent that
may influence impartial examination and hearing.
(4) where he is a member of the Patent Reexamination Board who has ever taken part in the
examination of the same initial application.
Article 39 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 one or
more claims, or an application for a patent for design consisting of a request and one or more
drawings or photographs showing the design, the patent administration department under the State
Council shall accord the date of filing, issue a filing number, and notify the applicant.
Article 40 In any of the following circumstances, the patent administration department under the
State Council shall refuse to accept the application document 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;
(2) where the application document is not written in Chinese;
(3) where the application document is not in conformity with the provisions of Article 120,
paragraph one of these Rules;
(4) where the request does not contain the name or title and address of the applicant;
(5) where the application document is obviously not in conformity with the provisions of Article
18, or of Article l9, paragraph one of the Patent Law;
(6) where the category of the application for a patent (patent for invention, utility model or
design)is not clear and definite or cannot be ascertained.
Article 41 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
for the deletion of the explanatory notes to the drawings. 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 the date of filing of the application; if the explanatory notes to the drawings are to be deleted, the
initial date of filing shall be retained.
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Article 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 Article 54,
paragraph one of these Rules, submit to the patent administration department under the State Council
a divisional application. However, where an application for patent has been rejected or 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 Article 35 or 36 of these
Rules, 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.
The divisional application may not change the category of the initial application.
Article 43 For a divisional application which is filed in accordance with the provisions of Article
42 of these Rules, the initial date of filing may be retained; if the priority is claimed, the priority date
of the initial application may be retained, 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 formalities in accordance with the provisions of
the Patent Law and these Rules.
The filing number and the date of filing of the initial application shall be indicated in the request of
the divisional application. When a divisional application is filed, it shall be accompanied by a copy of
the initial application document; if priority is claimed for the initial application, a copy of the priority
document of the initial application shall also be submitted.
Article 44 "Preliminary examination" referred to in Articles 34 and 40 of the Patent Law means
the examination of an application for a patent to see whether or not it contains the documents
provided for in Article 26 or 27 of the Patent Law and other necessary documents, and whether or not
those documents are in the prescribed form; such examination shall also include the following:
(1) whether or not any application for a patent for invention 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 is obviously not in conformity with the provisions of Article 3l, paragraph one, or Article 33
of the Patent Law or of Article 2, paragraph one, or Article 18, or Article 20 of these Rules;
(2) whether or not any 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 of the Patent Law, or is obviously not in conformity with the provisions of Article 26,
paragraph three or four, or of Article 3l, paragraph one, or Article 33 of the Patent Law or of Article
2, paragraph two, or of Article l3, paragraph one, or of Articles l8 to 23, or of Article 43, paragraph
one of these Rules, or is not entitled to a patent right in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of
the Patent Law;
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(3) whether or not any application for a patent for design obviously falls under Article 5 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 is obviously not in conformity with the provisions of Article 3l, paragraph two, or
of Article 33 of the Patent Law, or of Article 2, paragraph three, or of Article l3, paragraph one, or of
Article 43, paragraph one of these Rules, or is not entitled to a patent right in accordance with the
provisions of Article 9 of the Patent Law.
The patent administration department under the State Council shall notify the applicant of its
opinions after examining his or its application and invite him or it to state his or its observations or to
correct his or its 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 his or its observations or the corrections, the patent administration department
under the State Council still finds that the application is not in conformity with the provisions in the
preceding paragraph, the application shall be rejected.
Article 45 Apart from the application for patent, any document relating to the patent application,
which the applicant has submitted to the patent administration department under the State Council,
shall be deemed not to have been submitted in any of the following circumstances:
(1) where the document is not presented in the prescribed form or the indications therein are not in
conformity with the provisions;
(2) where no certifying document is submitted as prescribed.
The patent administration department under the State Council shall notify the applicant of its
examination opinion that the document is deemed not to have been submitted.
Article 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, publicize it immediately, unless it is to be rejected.
Article 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 publicized 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.
Article 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 the reasons therefore, on the application which is not in
conformity with the provisions of the Patent Law.
Article 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
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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.
Article 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 the provisions of Article
35, paragraph two of the Patent Law, notify the applicant accordingly.
Article 5l When requesting for examination as to substance or within three months after the receipt
of the notification of the patent administration department under the State Council that the application
has entered into examination as to substance, the applicant for a patent for invention may amend the
application for a patent for invention on its or his own initiative.
Within two months from the date of filing, the applicant for a patent for utility model or design may
amend the application for a patent for utility model or design 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 make the amendment as required by 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.
Article 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 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.
Article 53 In accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of the Patent Law, the circumstances in
which an application for 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 does not comply with the provisions of Article 2, paragraph one of these
Rules;
(2) where the application falls under the provisions of Article 5 or 25 of the Patent Law, or it does
not comply with the provisions of Article 22 of the Patent Law or of Article l3, paragraph one, or of
Article 20, paragraph one, or of Article 21, paragraph two of these Rules, or the applicant is not
entitled to a patent right in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Patent Law;
(3) where the application does not comply with the provisions of Article 26, paragraph three or
four, or of Article 3l, paragraph one of the Patent Law;
(4) 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 Article 43,
paragraph one of these Rules.
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Article 54 After the patent administration department under the State Council issues the
notification to grant the patent right, the applicant shall go through the formalities of registration
within two months from the date of receipt of the notification. If the applicant completes the
formalities 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 make an announcement.
If the applicant does not go through the formalities of registration within the time limit, he or it
shall be deemed to have abandoned its or his right to obtain the patent right.
Article 55 After the announcement of the decision to grant a patent for utility model, the patentee
of the said patent for utility model may request the patent administration department under the State
Council to make a search report on the utility model patent.
Where such person requests for a search report on a utility model patent, he shall submit a request,
indicating the patent number of the said patent for utility model. Each request shall be limited for one
patent for utility model.
After receiving a request for a search report on a utility model patent, the patent administration
department under the State Council shall proceed to make an examination of the request. Where the
request does not comply with the requirements as prescribed, the said department shall notify the
person making the request to amend the request within a specified time limit.
Article 56 Where, after examination, the request for a search report on a utility model patent
complies with the provisions, the patent administration department under the State Council shall
promptly make a search report on the utility model patent.
Where, after search, the patent administration department under the State Council finds that the
patent for utility model concerned does not comply with the provisions of Article 22 of the Patent
Law concerning novelty or inventiveness, it shall cite the documents considered to be relevant, state
the reasons therefor and have the copies of the cited relevant documents attached.
Article 57 The patent administration department under the State Council shall promptly correct the
mistakes in patent announcements and documents once they are discovered, and the corrections shall
be announced.
Chapter IV Reexamination of Patent Application and Invalidation of Patent Right
Article 58 The Patent Reexamination Board shall consist of technical and legal experts appointed
by the patent administration department under the State Council. The responsible person of the patent
administration department under the State Council shall be the Director General of the Board.
Article 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.
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Where the request for reexamination does not comply with the prescribed form, the person making
the request shall rectify it within the time limit specified by the Patent Reexamination Board. If the
person making the request fails to meet the time limit for making rectification, the request for
reexamination shall be deemed not to have been filed.
Article 60 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 reexamination notification 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 reexamination notification.
The amendments to the application for patent shall be in two copies.
Article 61 The Patent Reexamination Board shall send the request for reexamination that the
Board has received to the original examination department of the patent administration department
under the State Council for examination. Where the original examination department agrees to revoke
its original decision upon the request of the person requesting reexamination, the Patent
Reexamination Board shall make a decision accordingly and notify the person making the request.
Article 62 Where, after reexamination, the Patent Reexamination Board finds that the request
does not comply with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Rules, it shall notify the person
requesting reexamination to submit his observations within a specified time limit. If the time limit for
making response is not met, the request for reexamination shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
Where, after the person requesting reexamination 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 Rules, it shall make a decision of reexamination to maintain the earlier decision
rejecting the application for patent.
Where, after reexamination, the Patent Reexamination Board finds that the decision rejecting the
application for patent does not comply with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Rules, 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 decision rejecting the application for patent, and ask
the original examination department to continue the examination procedure.
Article 63 At any time before the Patent Reexamination Board makes its decision on the request
for reexamination, the person making the request may withdraw his request for reexamination.
Where the person making the request withdraws his request for reexamination before the Patent
Reexamination Board makes its decision, the procedure of reexamination is terminated.
Article 64 Anyone requesting invalidation or part invalidation of a patent right in accordance with
the provisions of Article 45 of the Patent Law shall submit a request and necessary evidence in two
copies. The request for invalidation shall state in detail the grounds for filing the request for
invalidation, making reference to all the evidence as submitted, and indicate the piece of evidence on
which each ground is based.
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The grounds on which the request for invalidation is based, referred to in the preceding paragraph,
mean that the invention-creation for which the patent right is granted does not comply with the
provisions of Article 22 or 23, or of Article 26, paragraph three or four, or of Article 33 of the Patent
Law, or of Article 2, or of Article l3, paragraph one, or of Article 20, paragraph one, or of Article 21,
paragraph two of these Rules; or it falls under the provisions of Article 5 or 25 of the Patent Law; or
the person is not entitled to be granted the patent right in accordance with the provisions of Article 9
of the Patent Law.
Article 65 Where the request for invalidation does not comply with the provisions of Article 64 of
these Rules, the Patent Reexamination Board shall not accept it.
Where, after a decision on any request for invalidation of the patent right is made, invalidation
based on the same facts and evidence is requested once again, the Patent Reexamination Board shall
not accept it.
Where a request for invalidation of a patent for design is based on the ground that the patent for
design is in conflict with a prior right of another person, if, however, no decision of settlement or no
judgment of any court which has entered into force to prove such conflict of rights has been
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
person making the request 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 not to have been filed.
Article 66 After the Patent Reexamination Board has accepted a request for invalidation, the person
making the request may add reasons or supplement proofs within one month from the date when the
request for invalidation is filed. The Patent Reexamination Board may not take into account any
additional reasons or supplementary proofs that are submitted after the specified time limit.
Article 67 The Patent Reexamination Board shall send a copy of the request for invalidation of the
patent right and copies of the relevant documents to the patentee and refuse it or him to present its or
his observations within a specified time limit.
The patentee and the person making the request for invalidation shall, within the specified time
limit, make responses to the notification concerning transmitted documents or the notification
concerning the examination of the request for invalidation sent by the Patent Reexamination Board.
Where no response is made within the specified time limit, the examination of the Patent
Reexamination Board will not be affected.
Article 68 In the course of the examination of the request for invalidation, the patentee for patent
for invention or utility model may amend its or his claims, but may not broaden the scope of patent
protection.
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The patentee for patent for invention or utility model may not amend its or his description or
drawings. The patentee for patent for design may not amend its or his drawings, photographs or the
brief explanation of the design.
Article 69 The Patent Reexamination Board may, at the request of the parties concerned or in
accordance with the need of the case, decide to conduct oral proceedings in respect of a request for
invalidation.
Where the Patent Reexamination Board decides to conduct oral proceedings in respect of a request
for invalidation, it shall send notification of oral proceedings to the parties concerned, indicating the
date and place of the oral proceedings to be held. The parties concerned shall make response to the
notification within the specified time limit.
Where the person requesting invalidation fails to make response to the notification of oral
proceedings sent by the Patent Reexamination Board within the specified time limit, and fails to take
part in the oral proceedings, the request for invalidation shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
Where the patentee fails to take part in the oral proceedings, the Patent Reexamination Board may
proceed to examine by default.
Article 70 In the course of the examination in respect of a request for invalidation, the time limit
specified by the Patent Reexamination Board shall not be extended.
Article 71 The person requesting invalidation may withdraw his request before the Patent
Reexamination Board makes a decision on it.
Where the person requesting invalidation withdraws his request before the Patent Reexamination
Board makes a decision on it, the examination of the request for invalidation is terminated.
Chapter V Compulsory License for Exploitation of Patent
Article 72 After the expiration of three years from the date of the grant of the patent right, any
entity may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 48 of the Patent Law, request the patent
administration department under the State Council to grant a compulsory license.
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 in two copies.
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.
The decision of the patent administration department under the State Council granting a
compulsory license for exploitation shall limit the exploitation of the compulsory license to be
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predominately for the supply of the domestic market. Where the invention-creation involved in the
compulsory license relates to the semi-conductor technology, the exploitation of the compulsory
license shall be limited only for public non-commercial use or to remedy a practice determined after
judicial or administrative process to be anti-competitive.
Article 73 Where any entity or individual requests, in accordance with the provisions of Article 54
of the Patent Law, the patent administration department under the State Council to adjudicate 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 administration department under the State Council shall make an
adjudication within three months from the date of receipt of the request and notify the parties
concerned accordingly.
Chapter VI Reward and Remuneration of Inventors or Creators of Service Inventions-
Creations
Article 74 The State-owned enterprise or institution to which a patent right is granted shall, within
three months from the date of the announcement of the grant of the patent right, offer a reward to the
inventor or creator of a service invention-creation. The reward for a patent for invention shall not be
less than 2000 yuan; the reward for a patent for utility model or design shall not be less than 500 yuan.
Where an invention-creation is made on the basis of an inventor's or creator's proposal adopted by
the entity to which he belongs, the State-owned enterprise or institution to which a patent right is
granted shall offer a reward to him on favorable terms.
For the reward to the inventor or creator, the enterprise may have it included into its production
cost, and the institution may have it disbursed out of its operating expenses.
Article 75 The State-owned enterprise or institution to which a patent right is granted shall, after
exploiting the patent for invention-creation within the duration of the patent right, draw each year
from the profits after taxation earned from exploitation of the invention or utility model a percentage
of not less than 2%, or from the profits after taxation earned from exploitation of the design a
percentage of not less than 0.2%, and award it to the inventor or creator as remuneration. The entity
may, as an alternative, by making reference to the said percentage, award a lump sum of money to the
inventor or creator as remuneration once and for all.
Article 76 Where any State-owned enterprise or institution to which a patent right is granted
authorizes any other entity or individual to exploit its patent, it shall draw from the fees it receives for
exploitation of the said patent after taxation a percentage of not less than 10% and award it to the
inventor or creator as remuneration.
Article 77 The provisions of this Chapter may be implemented by any other Chinese entity by
making reference thereto.
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Chapter VII Protection of Patent Right
Article 78 The administrative authority for patent affairs referred to in the Patent Law and these
Rules means the department responsible for the administrative work concerning patent affairs set up
by the people's government of any province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the
Central Government or by the people's government of any city divided into districts which has a large
amount of patent administration work to attend to and has the ability to deal with the matter.
Article 79 In addition to the provisions of Article 57 of the Patent Law, the administrative authority
for patent affairs may also mediate in the following patent disputes at the request of the parties
concerned:
(1) any dispute over the ownership of the right to apply for patent and the patent right;
(2) any dispute over the qualification of the inventor or creator;
(3) any dispute over the reward and remuneration of the inventor or creator of a service invention-
creation;
(4) any dispute over the appropriate fee to be paid for the exploitation of an invention after the
publication of the application for patent but before the grant of patent right.
In respect of the dispute referred to in subparagraph (4), where the patentee requests the
administrative authority for patent affairs to mediate, the request shall be made after the grant of the
patent right.
Article 80 The patent administration department under the State Council shall provide professional
guidance to the administrative authorities for patent affairs in handling and mediating patent disputes.
Article 81 Where any party concerned requests for handling or mediation of a patent dispute, it
shall fall under the jurisdiction of the administrative authority for patent affairs of the place where the
requested party has his location or where the act of infringement takes place.
Where two or more administrative authorities for patent affairs all have jurisdiction over a patent
dispute, the party concerned may file his or its request with one of them. Where 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 jurisdiction, 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.
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Article 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 to suspend from handling 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 from handling the matter.
Article 83 Where any patentee affixes a patent marking on the patented product or on the package
of that product in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 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.
Article 84 Any of the following acts is an act of passing off the patent of another person as one’s
own:
(1) without authorization, indicating the patent number of another person on the product
made or sold by oneself or on the package of the said product;
(2) without authorization, using the patent number of another person in the advertisement or
in any other promotional materials, so as to mislead other persons to regard the technology concerned
as the patented technology of another person;
(3) without authorization, using the patent number of another person in the contract, so as to
mislead other persons to regard the technology referred to in the contract as the patented technology
of another person;
(4) counterfeiting or transforming any patent certificate, patent document or patent
application document of another person.
Article 85 Any of the following acts is an act of passing a non-patented product off as patented
product or passing a non-patented process off as patented process:
(1) making or selling non-patented products which are affixed with patent marking;
(2) continuing to affix patent marking on the products that are made or sold after the patent right
concerned has been declared invalid;
(3) addressing any non-patented technology as patented technology in the advertisements or in any
other promotional materials;
(4) stating any non-patented technology as patented technology in any contract;
(5) counterfeiting or transforming any patent certificate, patent document or patent application
document.
Article 86 Any party concerned to a dispute over the ownership of the right to apply for a patent or
the patent right which is pending before the administrative authority for patent affairs or the people’s
court, may request the patent administration department under the State Council to suspend the
relevant procedures.
The 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
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Council, and attach a copy of the document acknowledging the receipt of the relevant request by the
administrative authority for patent affairs or the people’s court.
After the decision made by the administrative authority for patent affairs or the judgment rendered
by the people’s court has entered 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 making 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.
Article 87 Where, in hearing civil cases, the people's court has ordered the adoption of measures
for a patent right preservation, 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 right. At 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.
Chapter VIII Patent Registration and Patent Gazette
Article 88 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:
(1) any grant of the patent right;
(2) any transfer of the patent application right 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.
Article 89 The patent administration department under the State Council shall publish the Patent
Gazette at regular intervals, publicizing or announcing the following:
(1) the bibliographic data contained in patent applications;
(2) the abstract of the description of an invention or utility model, the drawings or photographs of a
design and its brief explanation;
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(3) any request for examination as to substance of an application for a patent for invention and any
decision made by the patent administration department under the State Council to proceed on its own
initiative to examine as to substance an application for a patent for invention;
(4) any declassification of secret patents;
(5) any rejection, withdrawal and deemed withdrawal of an application for a patent for invention
after its publication;
(6) any grant of the patent right;
(7) any invalidation of the patent right;
(8) any cessation of the patent right;
(9) any transfer of the patent application right or the patent right;
(10) any patent license contract for exploitation submitted for the record;
(11) any pledge and preservation of the patent right and their discharge;
(12) any grant of compulsory license for exploitation of the patent;
(13) any restoration of a patent application or patent right;
(14) any change in the name or address of the patentee;
(15) any notification to a party whose address is not known;
(16) any correction made by the patent administration department under the State Council; and
(17) any other related matters.
The description and its drawings, and the claims of an application for a patent for invention or
utility model shall be separately published in full text by the patent administration department under
the State Council.
Chapter IX Fees
Article 90 When any person files an application for a patent with, or goes through other formalities
at, the patent administration department under the State Council, he or it shall pay the following fees:
(1) filing fee, additional fee for patent application, and printing fee for publicizing the application;
(2) substantive examination fee for an application for patent for invention, and reexamination fee;
(3) registration fee for the grant of patent right, printing fee for the announcement of grant of patent
right, maintenance fee for application, and annual fee;
(4) fee for a change in the bibliographic data, fee for claiming priority, fee for requesting
restoration of rights, fee for requesting extension of a time limit, and fee for establishing a search
report on a utility model patent;
(5) fee for requesting invalidation, fee for requesting suspension of the patent procedure, fee for
requesting a compulsory license, fee for requesting adjudication on exploitation fee of a compulsory
license.
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The amount of the fees referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the price
administration department under the State Council in conjunction with the patent administration
department under the State Council.
Article 91 The fees provided for in the Patent Law and in these Rules 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 administration 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. Where the time between such a date and the date of receipt of the order by the patent
administration department under the State Council lasts more than fifteen days, unless the date of
remittance or transfer is proved by the bank or the post office, the date of receipt by the patent
administration department under the State Council shall be the date of payment.
Where any patent fee is paid in excess of the amount as prescribed, paid repeatedly or wrongly, the
party concerned may, within one year from the date of payment, request a refund from the patent
administration department under the State Council.
Article 92 The applicant shall, after receipt of the notification of acceptance of the application from
the patent administration department under the State Council, pay the filing fee, the printing fee for
publicizing the application and the necessary additional fees at the latest within two months from the
filing date. If the fees are not paid or not paid in full within the time limit, the application shall be
deemed to be withdrawn.
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 within the time limit,
the claim for the priority shall be deemed not to have been made.
Article 93 Where the party concerned makes a request for an examination as to substance, a
restoration of right or a reexamination, the relevant fee shall be paid within the time limit as
prescribed respectively for such requests by the Patent Law. If the fee is not paid or not paid in full
within the time limit, the request is deemed not to have been made.
Article 94 Where the applicant for a patent for invention has not been granted a patent right within
two years from the date of filing, it or he shall pay a fee for the maintenance of the application from
the third year.
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Article 95 When the applicant goes through the formalities of registration of the grant of patent
right, it or he shall pay a registration fee for the grant of patent right, printing fee for the
announcement of grant of patent right and the annual fee of the year in which the patent right is
granted. The applicant for a patent for invention shall, in the lump, pay the application maintenance
fee for all the years, not including the year in which the patent right is granted. If such fees are not
paid within the prescribed time limit, the registration of the grant of patent right shall be deemed not
to have been made. The subsequent annual fees shall be paid in advance within the month before the
expiration of the preceding year.
Article 96 Where the annual fee of the patent right after the year in which the patent is granted is
not paid in due time by the patentee, or the fee is not paid in full, the patent administration department
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 be paid.
Article 97 The fee for a change in the bibliographic data, fee for establishing a search report on a
utility model patent, fee for requesting suspension of the patent procedure, fee for requesting a
compulsory license, fee for requesting adjudication on exploitation fee of a compulsory license and
fee for requesting invalidation shall be paid as prescribed within one month from the date on which
such request is filed. The fee for requesting extension of a time limit shall be paid before the
expiration of the said time limit. If the fee is not paid or not paid in full within the time limit, the
request shall be deemed not to have been made.
Article 98 Where any applicant or patentee has difficulties in paying the various fees prescribed in
these Rules, he may, in accordance with the prescriptions, submit a request to the patent
administration department 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 patent
administration department under the State Council in consultation with the finance administration
department and the price administration department under the State Council.
Chapter X Special Provisions Concerning International Application
Article 99 The patent administration department under the State Council receives international
patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in accordance with the provisions of
Article 20 of the Patent Law.
Where any international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty designating China
enters the Chinese national phase (hereinafter referred to as the international application), the
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requirements and procedures prescribed in this Chapter shall apply. Where no provisions are made in
this Chapter, the relevant provisions in the Patent Law and in any other chapters of these Rules shall
apply.
Article 100 Any international application which has been accorded an international filling date and
which has designated China shall, in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty, 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.
Where, in the international phase, an international application or its designation of China is
withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn, the effect of the said international application in China shall
cease.
Article 101 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 in this chapter as "the priority date"), go through the following formalities at the
patent administration department under the State Council:
(1) submitting a written statement concerning the entry of his or its international application into
the Chinese national phase. The statement shall indicate the international application number, and also
indicate in Chinese the kind of patent protection sought, the title of the invention-creation, the name
or title of the applicant, the address of the applicant and the name of the inventor. Such indications
shall be the same as those recorded by the International Bureau;
(2) paying the filing fee, the additional fee for patent application and the printing fee for publicizing
the application as provided in Article 90, paragraph one of these Rules;
(3) where an international application is filed in a language other than Chinese, the Chinese
translation of the description, the claims, the text matter of the drawings, and the abstract of the initial
international application shall be furnished; where an international application is filed in Chinese, a
copy of the abstract published in the international publication shall be furnished;
(4) where an international application contains drawings, a copy of the drawings shall be furnished.
Where an international application is filed in Chinese, a copy of the figure of the drawings in the
abstract as published in the international publication shall be furnished.
If the applicant fails to go through the relevant formalities for entering the Chinese national phase
within the time limit prescribed in the preceding paragraph, he or it may, after paying a surcharge for
the late entry, go through these formalities before the expiration of the time limit of 32 months from
the priority date.
Article 102 Where the applicant fails to go through the formalities for entering the Chinese national
phase, within the time limit prescribed in Article 101, paragraph two of these Rules or any of the
following circumstance occurs at the expiration of the said time limit, the effect of his or its
international application shall cease in China:
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(1) where the international application number is not indicated in the statement concerning entry
into the Chinese national phase;
(2) where the filing fee, the printing fee for publicizing the application prescribed in Article 90,
paragraph one of these Rules, or the surcharge for the late entry as prescribed in Article 101,
paragraph two of these Rules is not paid;
(3) where the international application is filed in a language other than Chinese, the Chinese
translation of the description and the claims of the initial international application are not furnished.
Where the effect of an international application has ceased in China, the provisions of Article 7,
paragraph two of these Rules shall not apply.
Article 103 Where any of the following circumstance occurs at the time when the applicant goes
through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, the patent administration department
under the State Council shall notify the applicant to make corrections within the specified time limit:
(1) where the Chinese translation of the abstract or a copy of the abstract is not furnished;
(2) where a copy of the drawings or a copy of a figure of the drawings in the abstract is not
furnished;
(3) where the title of the invention-creation, the name or title of the applicant, the address of the
applicant and the name of the inventor are not indicated in Chinese in the statement concerning entry
into the Chinese national phase;
(4) where the content or the form of the statement concerning entry into the Chinese national phase
is not in conformity with the provisions.
If, at the expiration of the time limit, the applicant fails to make up the corrections, his or its
application shall be deemed to be withdrawn.
Article 104 Where an international application is amended in the international phase and the
applicant requests that the examination be based on the amended application, the Chinese translation
of the amendments shall be furnished by the applicant before completion of the technical preparations
for national publication of the application by the patent administration department under the State
Council. Where the Chinese translation is not furnished within the time limit, the amendments made
in the international phase shall not be taken into consideration by the patent administration department
under the State Council.
Article 105 When the applicant goes through the formalities for entering the Chinese national
phase, he or it shall also fulfill the following requirements:
(1) where the inventor is not indicated in the international application, the name of the inventor
shall be indicated in the statement concerning entry into the Chinese national phase;
(2) where any change in the applicant is made before the International Bureau in the international
phase, the document certifying the right of the new applicant to the international application shall be
furnished;
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(3) where the applicant is not the same person as the applicant having filed the earlier application
which is the basis of the priority claimed, or where the applicant has changed his or its name after
filing the earlier application, the document certifying the right of the applicant to claim priority shall
be furnished when necessary;
(4) 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 statement concerning entry into the Chinese national phase, and furnish the relevant certificates
prescribed in Article 31, paragraph two of these Rules within two months from the date of going
through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase.
Where the applicant fails to satisfy the requirements provided for in subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) of
the preceding paragraph, the patent administration 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 in respect of the requirement provided for in subparagraph (1) or (2), the
application shall be deemed to be withdrawn; Where, within the time limit, no correction is made in
respect of the requirement provided for in subparagraph (3), the claim for priority shall be deemed not
to have been made.
Where the applicant fails to fulfill the requirement provided for in subparagraph (4) of paragraph
one of this Article, the provisions of Article 24 of the Patent Law shall not apply to his or its
international application.
Article 106 Where the applicant has made indications concerning deposited biological materials in
accordance with the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the requirements provided for in
Article 25, subparagraph (3) of these Rules shall be deemed to have been fulfilled. In the statement
concerning 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 the record in the
documents.
Where particulars concerning the deposit of biological materials are contained in the description of
the international application as initially filed, but there is no such indication in the statement
concerning the entry into the Chinese national phase, the applicant shall make correction within four
months from the date of going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase. If the
correction is not made at the expiration of the time limit, the biological materials shall be deemed not
to have been deposited.
Where the applicant submits the certificates of the deposit and the viability of the biological
materials to the patent administration department under the State Council within four months from the
date of going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, the deposit of biological
materials shall be deemed to have been made within the time limit as provided for in Article 25,
subparagraph (1) of these Rules.
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Article 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
applicant shall be deemed to have submitted the written declaration in accordance with the provisions
of Article 30 of the Patent Law.
Where there are clerical mistakes or the application number of the earlier application is missing in
the written declaration claiming the priority made in the international phase, the applicant may request
to make corrections or to fill in the missing application number of the earlier application at the time of
going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase. Where a request for making
corrections is made, the applicant shall pay the fee for correcting the claim for priority.
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, and if the
patent administration department under the State Council deems it necessary, it 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 the priority shall be deemed not to
have been made.
Where the claim for the priority is deemed not to have been made in the international phase and
the information is already published by the International Bureau, the applicant may, if he has justified
reasons, request the patent administration department under the State Council to restore his or its
claim for the priority at the time of going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national
phase.
Article 108 Where, before the expiration of 30 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.
Article 109 With regard to an international application for a patent for utility model, the applicant
may file a request with the patent administration department under the State Council to amend the
description, the drawings and the claims within one month from the date of going through the
formalities for entering the Chinese national phase.
With regard to an international application for a patent for invention, the provisions of Article 51,
paragraph one of these Rules shall apply.
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Article 110 Where the applicant finds that there are mistakes in the Chinese translation of the
description, the claims or the words of the drawings submitted, he or it may correct the translation in
accordance with the initial international application as filed within the following time limits:
(1) before the completion of technical preparations of the patent administration department under
the State Council for national publication;
(2) within three months from the date of receipt of the notification sent by the patent administration
department under the State Council notifying 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 shall file a written request,
furnish a replace sheet of the translation and pay the prescribed fee for 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 Article. If the prescribed
formalities are not gone through at the expiration of the time limit, the international application shall
be deemed to be withdrawn.
Article 111 With regard to any international application for a patent for invention, if the patent
administration department under the State Council, after preliminary examination, considers it is in
compliance with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Rules, 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.
Where the international publication of an international application for a patent for invention by the
International Bureau is in Chinese, the provisions of 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, the provisions of 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.
Article 112 Where two or more inventions or utility models are contained in an international
application, the applicant may, after going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national
phase, submit a divisional application in accordance with the provisions in Article 42, paragraph one
of these Rules.
Where, in the international phase, some parts of the international application are not the subject of
international search or international preliminary examination because the International Searching
Authority or the International Preliminary Examination Authority considers that the international
application does not comply with the requirement of unity of invention prescribed in the Patent
Cooperation Treaty, or because the applicant fails to pay the additional fee, and at the time of going
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through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, the applicant requests that the said
parts be the basis of examination, the patent administration department under the State Council,
finding that the decision concerning unity of invention made by the International Searching Authority
or the International Preliminary Examination Authority is justified, shall notify the applicant to pay
the restoration fee for unity of invention within the specified time limit. Where the fee is not paid or
not paid in full at the expiration of the prescribed time limit, those parts of the international
application which have not been searched or have not been the subject of international preliminary
examination shall be deemed to be withdrawn.
Article 113 Where the applicant furnishes the documents and pays the fees in accordance with the
provisions of Article 101 of these Rules, the date on which the patent administration department under
the State Council receives the documents shall be the date of submitting, and the date on which it
receives the fees shall be the date of payment.
Where there is delay in the mailing of the documents and the applicant proves, within one month
from the date on which he finds the delay, that the documents have been mailed five days prior to the
expiration of the time limit prescribed in Article 101 of these Rules, the documents shall be deemed to
have been received on the date on which the time limit expires. However, the time period for the
applicant to furnish evidence may not be later than six months after the expiration of the time limit
prescribed in Article 101 of these Rules.
Where documents are to be submitted to the patent administration department under the State
Council in accordance with the provisions of Article 101 of these Rules, the applicant may send them
by fax. Where the applicant submits the documents by fax, the date on which the patent
administration department under the State Council receives the fax shall be the date of submitting.
The applicant shall submit to the patent administration department under the State Council the
original copy within 14 days from the date of the transmission by fax. Where the original copy is not
submitted within the time limit, the documents shall be deemed not to have been submitted.
Article 114 Where an international application claims the priority, the applicant shall, at the time of
going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, pay the fee for claiming the
priority; if the fee is not paid or not paid in full, the patent administration department under the State
Council shall notify the applicant to pay it within the specified time limit; if the fee is still not paid or
not paid in full at the expiration of the time limit, the claim for priority shall be deemed not to have
been made.
Article 115 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 formalities prescribed in Article 101 of these Rules within the said time limit at the patent
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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.
Article 116 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 56 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 X Supplementary Provisions
Article 117 Any person may, after approval by the patent administration department under the
State Council, consult or copy the files of the publicized or announced patent applications and the
Patent Register, and may request the patent administration department under the State Council to issue
a copy of extracts from the Patent Register.
The files of the patent applications which have been withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn or
which have been rejected, shall not be preserved after expiration of two years from the date on which
the applications cease to be valid.
Where the patent right has been abandoned, wholly invalidated or ceased, the files shall not be
preserved after expiration of three years from the date on which the patent right ceases to be valid.
Article 118 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 in the prescribed form of the
patent administration department under the State Council, and 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 or address of the patent agency or 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.
Article 119 The document relating to a patent application or patent right which is mailed to the
patent administration department under the State Council shall be mailed by registered letter, not by
parcel.
Except for any patent application filed for the first time, any document which is submitted to and
any formality which is gone through at the patent administration department under the State Council,
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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 relating to the same application shall be included in one letter.
Article 120 Various kinds of application documents shall be typed or printed. All the characters
shall be in black ink, neat and clear. They shall be free from any alterations. The drawings shall be
made in black ink with the aid of drafting instruments. The lines shall be uniformly thick and well
defined, and free from alterations.
The request, description, claims, drawings and abstract shall be numbered separately in Arabic
numerals and arranged in numerical order.
The written language of the application shall run from left to right. Only one side of each sheet
shall be used.
Article 121 The patent administration department under the State Council shall formulate
Guidelines for Examination in accordance with the Patent Law and these Rules.
Article 122 These Rules shall be effective as of July 1, 2001. The Rules for the Implementation of
the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China approved by the State Council on December 12,
1992 and promulgated by the Patent Office of the People’s Republic of China on December 21, 1992
shall be repealed simultaneously.
中华人民共和国专利法实施细则 （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》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 专利法所称发明，是指对产品、方法或者其改进所提 出的新的技术方案。 专利法所称实用新型，是指对产品的形状、构造或者其结合所提出的适于实用的新的技术方案。 专利法所称外观 设计，是指对产品的形状、图案或者其结合以及色彩与形状、图案的结合所作出的富有美感并适于工业应用的新设计。
第三条 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。
第四条 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 五条 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。
第六条 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；期限届满日是法定节假日的，以节假日后的第一个工作日为期限届满日。
第七条 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说明理 由并附具有关证明文件，请求恢复权利。 当事人因正当理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，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说明理由，请求恢复权利。 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、第六十二条规定的期限。
第八条 发明专利申请涉及国防方面的国家秘密需要保密的，由国防专利机构受理；国务院专利行政部门受理的涉及国防方面的国家秘密需要保密的发明专利申请，应当移交 国防专利机构审查，由国务院专利行政部门根据国防专利机构的审查意见作出决定。 除前款规定的外，国务院专利行政部门受理发明专利申请后，应 当将需要进行保密审查的申请转送国务院有关主管部门审查；有关主管部门应当自收到该申请之日起4个月内，将审查结果通知国务院专利行政部门；需要保密的， 由国务院专利行政部门按照保密专利申请处理，并通知申请人。
第九条 专利法第五条所称违反国家法律的发明创造，不包括仅其实施为国家法律所禁止的发明创 造。
第十条 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。
第十一条 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）退职、退休或者调动工作后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。
第十二条 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。
第十三条 同样的发明创造只能被授予一项专利。 依照专利法第九条的规定，两个以上的申请人在同一日分别就同样的发 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。
第十四条 中国单位或者个人向外国人转让专利申请权或者专利权的，由国务院对外经济贸易主管 部门会同国务院科学技术行政部门批准。
第十五条 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人变更手续。 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。
第二章 专利的申请
第十六条 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。
第十七条 专利法第二十六条第二款所称请求书中的其他事项，是指： （一）申请人的国籍； （二）申请人是企业或者其他组织的，其总部所在 地的国家； （三）申请人委托专利代理机构的，应当注明的有关事项；申请人未委托专利代理机构的，其联系人的姓名、地址、邮政编码及联系电 话； （四）要求优先权的，应当注明的有关事项； （五）申请人或者专利代理机构的签字或者盖章； （六）申请文件 清单； （七）附加文件清单； （八）其他需要注明的有关事项。