WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIOIP/N/1/CHN/I/2
8 July 2002
(02-3797)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English/
anglais/
inglés
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
CHINA
The present document reproduces the text1 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent
Law, as notified by China under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/1/CHN/1).
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD
CHINE
Le présent document contient le texte1 du Règlement d'application de la Loi sur les brevets,
qui a été notifié par la Chine au titre de l'articl e 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/CHN/1).
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO
CHINA
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento de Aplicación de la Ley de
Patentes, que China ha notificado en virtud de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo
(véase el documento IP/N/1/CHN/1).
                                                     
1 In English only.  The text in the original language will be available for consultation by interested
Delegations at the WTO Secretariat./En anglais seulemen t.  Les délégations intéressées pourront consulter le
texte, dans sa langue d'origine, au Secrétariat de l'OM C./En inglés solamente.  Las delegaciones interesadas
podrán consultar en la Secretaría de la OMC el texto en su idioma original.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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IMPLEMENTING REGULATI ONS 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 effective as of July 1, 2001)
(Translated by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council of the People’s
Republic of China. In case of discrepancy, the original version shall prevail.)
Chapter I
General Provisions
Rule 1.  These Implementing Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Patent Law of the
People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Law).
Rule 2. "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 ne w 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, the pattern or their combination, or
the combination of the color with shape or pattern, of a product, which creates an aesthetic feeling andis fit for industrial application.
Rule 3.  Any formalities prescribed by the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations shall be
complied with in a written form or in any other form prescribed by the Patent Administration
Department under the State Council .
Rule 4.  Any document submitted in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law and these
Implementing Regulations shall be in Chinese; the standard scientific and technical terms shall be
used if there is a prescribed one set forth by the State; where no generally accepted translation in
Chinese can be found for a foreign name or scientific or technical term, the one in the originallanguage shall be also indicated.
Where any certificate or certifying document submitted in accordance with the provisions of the
Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations is in a foreign language, the Patent Administration
Department under the State Council may, when it deems necessary, request a Chinese translation of
the certificate or the certifying document be submitted within a specified time limit; where the
translation is not submitted within the specified time limit, the certificate or certifying document shallbe deemed not to have been submitted.
Rule 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 onwhich 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.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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Any document of the Patent Administration Department under the State Council may be served by
mail, by personal delivery or by other forms. Where any party concerned appoints a patent agency, the
document shall be sent to the patent agency; where no patent agency is appointed, the document shall
be sent to the liaison person named in the request.
Where any document is sent by mail by the Patent Administration Department under the State
Council, the 16th day from the date of mailing shall be presumed to be the date on which the party
concerned receives the document.
Where any document is delivered personally in accordance with the provisions of the Patent
Administration Department under the State Council , the date of delivery is the date on which the
party concerned receives the document.
Where the address of any document is not clear and it cannot be sent by mail, the document may be
served by making an announcement. At the expiration of one month from the date of the
announcement, the document shall be deemed to be served.
Rule 6. The first day of any time limit prescribed in the Patent Law and these Implementing
Regulations 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.
Rule 7.  Where a time limit prescribed in the Patent  Law or these Implementing Regulations or
specified by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council is not observed by a party
concerned because of force majeure, resulting in lo ss of his or its rights, he or it may, within two
months from the date on which the impediment is re moved, 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 Implementing Regulations 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 monthsfrom 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 Rule shall not be applicable to the time limit
referred to in Articles 24, 29, 42 and 62 of the Patent Law.
Rule 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 to the secretsof the State concerning national defense and requiring to be kept secret is received by the Patent
Administration Department under the State Council , th e application shall be forwarded to the patent
department of national defense for examination, and the Patent Administration Department under theIP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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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 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.
Rule 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.
Rule 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 priority is claimed.
The date of filing referred to in these Implementing Regulations, except as otherwise prescribed,
means the date of filing prescribed in Article 28 of the Patent Law.
Rule 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 du ty, 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 entrus ted 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 of the Patent Law mean the entity's money, equipment, spare parts,
raw materials or technical materials which are not disclosed to the public.
Rule 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.
Rule 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 anotification from the Patent Administration Depart ment under the State Council , hold consultations
among themselves to decide the person or persons who shall be entitled to file the application.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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Rule 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.
Rule 15.  Except for the assignment of the patent right in accordance with Article 10 of the Patent
Law, where the patent right is transferred because of any other reason, the person or persons
concerned shall, accompanied by relevant certified documents or legal papers, request the Patent
Administration Department under the State Council to 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
Rule 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.
Rule l7.  "Other related matters" in the request referred to in Article 26, paragraph two of the Patent
Law means:
(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;
(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.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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Rule 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 for which protection
is sought pertains;
(2) background art: indicating the background art which can be regarded as useful for the
understanding, searching and examination of the invention or utility model, and when possible, citing
the documents reflecting such art;
(3) contents of the invention: disclosing the technical problem the invention or utility model aims to
settle and the technical solution adopted to resolve the problem; and stating, with reference to the
prior art, the advantageous effects of the invention or utility model;
(4) description of figures: briefly describing each figure in the drawings, if any;(5) mode of carrying out the invention or utility model: describing in detail the optimally selected
mode contemplated by the applicant for carrying out the invention or utility model; where appropriate,
this shall be done in terms of examples, and with reference to the drawings, if any;
The manner and order referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be followed by the applicant for a
patent for invention or for utility model, and each of the parts shall be preceded by a heading, unless,
because of the nature of the invention or utility model, a different manner or order would result in a
better understanding and a more economical presentation.
The description of the invention or utility model shall use standard terms and be in clear wording, and
shall not contain such references to the claims as: "as described in claim ¡", nor shall it contain
commercial advertising.
Where an application for a patent for invention contains disclosure of one or more nucleotide and/or
amino acid sequences, the description shall contain a sequence listing in compliance with the standard
prescribed by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council . The sequence listingshall 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 .
Rule 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,".
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 mentioned in the drawings shall not appear in the text of
the description. Reference signs for the same composite part shall be used consistently throughout the
application document.
The drawings shall not contain any other explanatory notes, except words which are indispensable.
Rule 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.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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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 form ulae but no drawings. They shall not, except where
absolutely necessary, contain such references to the description or drawings as: "as described in part
…of the description", or "as illustrated in Figure … of the drawings".
The technical features mentioned in the claims may, in order to facilitate quicker understanding of the
claim, make reference to the corresponding reference signs in the drawings of the description. Such
reference signs shall follow the corresponding technical features and be placed in parentheses. They
shall not be construed as limiting the claims.
Rule 2l.  The claims shall have an independent claim, and may also contain dependent claims.
The independent claim shall outline the technical so lution of an invention or utility model and state
the essential technical features necessary for the solution of its technical problem.
The dependent claim shall, by additional technical features, further define the claim which it refers to.Rule 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 differentmanner.
An invention or utility model shall have only one independent claim, which shall precede all the
dependent claims relating to the same invention or utility model.
Rule 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 refers to two or more claims, shall refer to the preceding one in the alternative only, andshall not serve as a basis for any other multiple dependent claims.
Rule 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 sh all indicate the title of the invention or utilityIP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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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.
Rule 25.  Where an invention for which a patent is applied for concerns a new biological material
which is not available to the public and which cannot be described in 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 Implementing
Regulations, 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 biologicalmaterial 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 title and address of the depositary
institution, the date on which the sample of the biological material was deposited and the accession
number of the deposit; where, at the time of filing, they are not indicated, they shall be 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.
Rule 26.  Where the applicant for a patent for invention has deposited a sample of the biological
material in accordance with the provisions of Rule 25 of these Implementing Regulations, and after
the application for patent for invention is published, any entity or individual that intends to make use
of the biological material to which the application relates, for the purpose of experiment, shall make a
request to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council , containing the followingitems:
(1) the name and address of the requesting person;(2) an undertaking not to make the biological material available to any other person;(3) an undertaking to use the biological material for experimental purpose only before the grant of the
patent right.
Rule 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 smal ler 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.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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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.
Rule 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.
Rule 29.  Where the Patent Administration Department under the State Council deems 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 ¡Á
30cm ¡Á 30cm, and its weight shall not surpass l5 kilograms. Articles that are easy to get rotten orbroken or articles that are dangerous shall not be submitted as sample or model.
Rule 30.  The existing technology referred to in Articl e 22, paragraph three of the Patent Law means
any technology which has been publicly disclosed in publications in the country or abroad, or has
been publicly used or made known to the public by any other means in the country, before the date offiling (or the priority date where priority is claimed), that is, prior art.
Rule 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 competent department
concerned of the State Council or by a national academic or technological association.
Where any invention-creation for which a patent is applied 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 and with
the date of its exhibition or publication.
Where any invention-creation for which a patent is applied 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 Rule, or fails to submit cer tifying documents within the specified time limit as
required in paragraph three of this Rule, the provisions of Article 24 of the Patent Law shall not apply
to the application.
Rule 32.  Where any applicant goes through the formalities of 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 was first filed (hereinafter referred to as the earlier
application) and the country in which the application was filed. If the written declaration does notcontain the filing date of the earlier application and the name of the country in which the application
was filed, the declaration shall be deemed not to have been made.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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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
was filed. Where in the certifying material submitted, the name of the earlier applicant is not the same
as that of the later one, the applicant shall subm it document certifying the assignment of priority.
Where the domestic priority is claimed, the copy of the earlier application document shall be preparedby the Patent Administration Department under the State Council .
Rule 33. An applicant may claim one or more priorities for an application for a patent; where multiple
priorities are claimed, the priority period for the application shall be calculated from the earliest
priority date.
Where an applicant claims the right of domestic priority, if the earlier application is one for a patent
for invention, he or it may file an application for a patent for invention or utility model for the same
subject matter; if the earlier application is one for a patent for utility model, he or it may file an
application for a patent for utility model or invention for the same subject matter. However, when the
later application is filed, if the subject matter of the earlier application falls under any of the
following, it may not be taken as the basis for claiming domestic priority:
(1) where the applicant has claimed foreign or domestic priority;(2) where it has been granted a patent right;
(3) where it is the subject matter of a divisional application filed as prescribed.
Where the domestic priority is claimed, the earlier application shall be deemed to be withdrawn from
the date on which the later application is filed.
Rule 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 concerning the nationality of the applicant;
(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 conditionsas those applied to its nationals, entitled to the patent right, the right of priority and other related rights
in that country.
Rule 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 provision of Article 3l, paragraph one ofthe Patent Law shall be technically inter-related and contain one or more of the same or corresponding
special technical features. The expression "special technical features" shall mean those technical
features that define a contribution which each of those inventions or utility models, considered as a
whole, makes over the prior art.
Rule 36.  The expression "the same class" referred to in Article 3l, paragraph two of the Patent Law
means that the product incorporating the designs belongs 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.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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Where two or more designs are filed as one application in accordance with the provision of 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.
Rule 37.  When withdrawing an application for a pate nt, the applicant shall submit to the Patent
Administration Department under the State Council a declaration to that effect stating the title of the
invention-creation, the filing number and the date of filing.
Where a declaration to withdraw an application for a patent is submitted after the preparations for the
publication of the application document has been completed by the Patent Administration Department
under the State Council , the application document shall be published as scheduled. However, thedeclaration withdrawing the application for patent shall be published in the next issue of the Patent
Gazette.
Chapter III
Examination and Approval of Application for Patent
Rule 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 excising his function:
(1) where he is a near relative of the party concerned or the agent of the party concerned;(2) where he has an interest in the application for patent or the patent right;
(3) where he has any other kinds of relations with the party concerned or with the agent of the party
concerned that may influence impartial examination and hearing.
(4) where a member of the Patent Reexamination Board who has taken part in the examination of the
same application.
Rule 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.
Rule 40.  In any of the following circumstances, the Patent Administration Department under the State
Council shall refuse to accept the application and notify the applicant accordingly:
(1) where the application for a patent for invention or utility model does not contain a request, a
description (the description of utility model does not contain drawings) or claims, or the applicationfor a patent for design does not contain a request, drawings or photographs;
(2) where the application is not written in Chinese;(3) where the application is not in  conformity with the provisions of Rule120, paragraph one of these
Implementing Regulations;
(4) where the request does not contain the name and address of the applicant;IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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(5) where the application is obviously not in conf ormity with the provisions of Article 18, or of
Article l9, paragraph one of the Patent Law;
(6) where the kind of protection (patent for inventi on, utility model or design) of the application for a
patent is not clear and definite or cannot be ascertained.
Rule 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 applicatio n; if the explanatory notes to the drawings are to be
deleted, the initial date of filing shall be retained.
Rule 42. Where an application for a patent contains two or more inventions, utility models or designs,
the applicant may, before the expiration of the time limit provided for in Rule 54, paragraph one of
these Implementing Regulations, submit to the Patent Administration Department under the StateCouncil a divisional application. However, where an application for patent has been rejected,
withdrawn or is deemed to have been withdr awn, no divisional application may be filed.
If the Patent Administration Department under the State Council finds that an application for a patent
is not in conformity with the provisions of Article 3l of the Patent Law or of  Rule 35 or 36 of these
Implementing Regulations, it shall invite the applic ant 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 kind of protection of the initial application.Rule 43.  A divisional application filed in accordance with the provisions of Rule 42 of these
Implementing Regulations shall be entitled to the filing date and, if priority is claimed, the priority
date of the initial application, provided that the divisional application does not go beyond the scope of
disclosure contained in the initial application.
The divisional application shall go through all the formalities in accordance with the provisions of the
Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations.
The filing number and the date of filing of the initial application shall be indicated in the request of
the divisional application. When the divisional application is filed, it shall be accompanied by a copy
of the initial application; if priority is claimed for the initial application, a copy of the prioritydocument of the initial application shall also be submitted.
Rule 44.  "Preliminary examination" referred to in Ar ticles 34 and 40 of the Patent Law means the
check of an application for a patent to see whether or not it contains the documents as provided for in
Articles 26 or 27 of the Patent Law and other necessary documents, and whether or not thosedocuments are in the prescribed form; such  check shall also include the following:
(1) whether or not any application for a patent for invention obviously falls under Articles 5 or 25 of
the Patent Law, or is not in conformity with the provisions of Article l8 or of Article l9, paragraph one
of the Patent Law, or is obviously not in conformity with the provisions of Article 3l, paragraph one,or Article 33 of the Patent Law, or of Rule 2, paragraph one, or Rule 18, or Rule 20 of these
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(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 conf ormity with the provisions of Article 26, paragraph
three or four, or of Article 3l, paragraph one, or of Article 33 of the Patent Law, or of Rule 2,
paragraph two, or of Rule l3, paragraph one, or of Rule l8 to 23, or of Rule 43, paragraph one of these
Implementing Regulations, or is not entitled to a patent right in accordance with the provisions of
Article 9 of the Patent Law;
(3) whether or not 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 Rule 2, paragra ph three, or of Rule l3, paragraph one, or of Rule
43, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations, or is not entitled to a patent right in accordance
with the provisions of Article 9 of the Patent Law.
The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall notify the applicant of its
opinions after checking his or its application and invite him or it to state his or its observations or tocorrect 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 of the Articles and the Rules cited in the preceding subparagraphs, the application shall berejected.
Rule 45. Apart from the application for patent, any document relating to the patent application which
is submitted to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council , shall, in any of the
following circumstances, be deemed not to have been submitted:
(1) where the document is not presented in the pres cribed form or the indications therein are not in
conformity with the prescriptions;
(2) where no certifying document is submitted as prescribed.The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall notify the applicant of its opinion
after checking that the document is deemed not to have been submitted.
Rule 46.  Where the applicant requests an earlier publication of its or his application for a patent for
invention, a statement shall be made to the Patent  Administration Department under the State Council
. The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall, after preliminary examinationof the application, publish it immediately, unless it is to be rejected.
Rule 47.  The applicant shall, when indicating in accordance with Article 27 of the Patent Law the
product incorporating the design and the class to which that product belongs, refer to the classification
of products for designs published by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council .Where no indication, or an incorrect indication, of the class to which the product incorporating the
design belongs is made, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall supply
the indication or correct it.
Rule 48.  Any person may, from the date of publication of an application for a patent for invention till
the date of announcing the grant of the patent right, submit to the Patent Administration Department
under the State Council his observations, with reasons therefor, on the application which is not in
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Rule 49.  Where the applicant for a patent for invention cannot furnish, for justified reasons, the
documents concerning any search or results of any examination specified in Article 36 of the Patent
Law, it or he shall make a statement to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council
and submit them when the said documents are available.
Rule 50.  The Patent Administration Department under th e State Council shall, when proceeding on its
own initiative to examine an application for a pate nt in accordance with the provisions of Article 35,
paragraph two of the Patent Law, notify the applicant accordingly.
Rule 5l.  When a request for examination as to substance is made, and that, within the time limit of
three months after the receipt of the notification of the Patent Administration Department under the
State Council, the application has entered into examin ation 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 appl icant 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 Administ ration 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.
Rule 52.  When an amendment to the description or the claims in an application for a patent for
invention or utility model is made, a replacement sheet in prescribed form shall be submitted, unless
the amendment concerns only the alteration, insertion or deletion of a few words. Where an
amendment to the drawings or photographs of an application for a patent for design is made, a
replacement sheet shall be submitted as prescribed.
Rule 53.  In accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of the Patent Law, the circumstances where
an application for a patent for invention shall be rejected by the Patent Administration Departmentunder the State Council after examination as to substance are as follows:
(1) where the application does not comply with the provisions of Rule 2, paragraph one of these
Implementing Regulations;
(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 Rule l3, paragraph one, or of Rule
20, paragraph one, or of Rule 21, paragraph two of these Implementing Regulations, 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 Rule 43, paragraphone of these Implementing Regulations.
Rule 54.  After the Patent Administration Department under the State Council issues the notification to
grant the patent right, the applicant shall go through the formalities of registration within two monthsIP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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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 announce it.
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.
Rule 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 therequest does not comply with the requirements as prescribed, the said department shall notify the
requesting person to amend the request within a specified time limit.
Rule 56.  Where, after examination, the request for a search report on a utility model patent complies
with the provisions, the Patent Administration De partment under the State Council shall promptly
make a search report on the utility model patent.
Where the Patent Administration Department under the State Council finds, after search, 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, statethe reasons therefor and send the copies of the cited relevant documents together with the report.
Rule 57.  The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall correct promptly the
mistakes in the patent announcements and documents issued by it once they are discovered, and the
corrections shall be announced.
Chapter IV
Reexamination of Patent Application and Invalidation of Patent Right
Rule 58.  The Patent Reexamination Board shall consist of technical and legal experts appointed by
the Patent Administration Department under the State Council . The person responsible for the Patent
Administration Department under the State C ouncil shall be the Director of the Board.
Rule 59.  Where the applicant requests the Patent Reexamination Board to make a reexamination in
accordance with the provisions of Article 41 of the Patent Law, it or he shall file a request for
reexamination, state the reasons and, when necessary, attach the relevant supporting documents.
Where the request for reexamination does not comply with the prescribed form, the person making the
request shall rectify it within the time limit fixed by the Patent Reexamination Board. If the requesting
person fails to meet the time limit for making rectification, the request for reexamination shall be
deemed not to have been filed.
Rule 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 notification of reexamination of the Patent
Reexamination Board. However, the amendments shall be limited only to remove the defects pointed
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The amendments to the application for patent shall be in two copies.
Rule 61.  The Patent Reexamination Board shall remit the request for reexamination which the Board
has received to the examination department of th e Patent Administration Department under the State
Council which has made the examination of the application concerned to make an examination.
Where that examination department agrees to revoke its former decision upon the request of the
person requesting reexamination, the Patent Reexamination Board shall make a decision accordingly
and notify the requesting person.
Rule 62.  Where, after reexamination, the Patent Reexamination Board finds that the request does not
comply with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations, it shall invite the
person requesting reexamination to submit his observ ations 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 requesting person has ma de its observations and amendments, the Patent
Reexamination Board still finds that the request doe s not comply with the provisions of the Patent
Law and these Implementing Regulations, it shall make a decision of reexamination to maintain theearlier decision rejecting the application.
Where, after reexamination, the Patent Reexamination Board finds that the decision rejecting the
application does not comply with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Implementing
Regulations, or that the amended application has removed the defects as pointed out by the decisionrejecting the application, it shall make a decision to revoke the decision rejecting the application, and
ask the examination department which has made the examination to continue the examination
procedure.
Rule 63.  At any time before the Patent Reexamination Board makes its decision on the request for
reexamination, the requesting person may w ithdraw his request for reexamination.
Where the requesting person withdraws his request for reexamination before the Patent
Reexamination Board makes its decision, the procedure of reexamination is terminated.
Rule 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 the necessary evidence in twocopies. The request for invalidation shall state in detail the grounds for filing the request, making
reference to all the evidence as submitted, and indicate the piece of evidence on which each ground is
based.
The grounds on which the request for invalidation is based, referred to in the preceding paragraph,
mean that the invention-creation for which the patent right is granted does not comply with the
provisions of Article 22, Article 23, or of Article 26, paragraph three or four, or of Article 33 of the
Patent Law, or of Rule 2, or of Rule l3, paragra ph one, or of Rule 20, paragraph one, or of Rule 21,
paragraph two of these Implementing Regulations; or the invention-creation falls under the provisions
of Articles 5 or 25 of the Patent Law; or the applicant is not entitled to be granted the patent right inaccordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Patent Law.
Rule 65.  Where the request for invalidation does not comply with the provisions of Rule 64 of these
Implementing Regulations, 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
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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, but no effective ruling or judgement is
submitted to prove such conflict of rights , the Patent Reexamination Board shall not accept it.
Where the request for invalidation of the patent ri ght 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 made.
Rule 66.  After a request for invalidation is accepted by the Patent Reexamination Board, the person
making the request may add reasons or supplement evidence within one month from the date when
the request for invalidation is filed. Additional reasons or evidence which are submitted after thespecified time limit may be disregarded by the Patent Reexamination Board.
Rule 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 invite it or him to present its or
his observations within a specified time limit.
The patentee and the person making request for inva lidation 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 Boardwill not be affected.
Rule 68.  In the course of the examination of the request for invalidation, the patentee for the patent
for invention or utility model concerned may amend its or his claims, but may not broaden the scope
of patent protection.
The patentee for the patent for invention or utility model concerned may not amend its or his
description or drawings. The patentee for the patent for design concerned may not amend its or his
drawings, photographs or the brief explanation of the design.
Rule 69.  The Patent Reexamination Board may, at the request of the parties concerned or in
accordance with the needs of the case, decide to hold  an oral procedure in respect of a request for
invalidation.
Where the Patent Reexamination Board decides to hold an oral procedure in respect of a request for
invalidation, it shall send notifications to the parties concerned, indicating the date and place of the
oral procedure to be held. The parties concerned shall make response to the notification within thespecified time limit.
Where the person requesting invalidation fails to make response to the notification of the oral
procedure sent by the Patent Reexamination Board within the specified time limit, and fails to take
part in the oral procedure, the request for invalidation shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.Where the patentee fails to take part in the oral procedure, the Patent Reexamination Board may
proceed to examine by default.
Rule 70.  In the course of the examination of a request for invalidation, the time limit specified by the
Patent Reexamination Board shall not be extended.
Rule 71.  The person requesting invalidation may withdraw his request before the Patent
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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
Rule 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 attachrelevant certifying documents each in two copies.
The Patent Administration Department under the St ate 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 ismade 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 predominately for
the supply of the domestic market. Where the invent ion-creation involved in the compulsory license
relates to the semi-conductor technology, the exploita tion 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.
Rule 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 conclu de 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
Rule 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 gran t of the patent right, award to the inventor or
creator of a service invention-creation a sum of m oney as prize. The sum of money prize for a patent
for invention shall not be less than RMB 2000 yuan; the sum of money prize for a patent for utility
model or design shall not be less than RMB 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 award to him a money prize on favorable terms.
For the money prize awarded 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.
Rule 75.  The State-owned enterprise or institution to which a patent right is granted shall, after
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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.
Rule 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 profits 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.
Rule 77.  The provisions of this Chapter may be implemented by any other Chinese entity by making
reference thereto.
Chapter VII
Protection of Patent Right
Rule 78.  The administrative authority for patent affairs referred to in the Patent Law and these
Implementing Regulations 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 which consists of
districts, has a large amount of patent administration work to attend to and has the ability to deal withthe matter.
Rule 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 award 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.
Rule 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.
Rule 81.  Where any party concerned requests handling or mediation of a patent dispute, it shall fall
under the jurisdiction of the administrative authority for patent affairs where the requested party has
his location or where the act of infringement has taken place.
Where two or more administrative authorities for patent affairs all have jurisdiction over a patent
dispute, any party concerned may file his or its request with one of them to handle or mediate the
matter. Where requests are filed with two or more administrative authorities for patent affairs, the
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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, thePatent Administration Department under the State Council shall designate the administrative authority
for patent affairs to exercise the jurisdiction.
Rule 82.  Where, in the course of handling a patent infringement dispute, the defendant requests
invalidation of the patent right and his request is accepted by the Patent Reexamination Board, he may
request the administrative authority for patent affairs concerned to suspend the handling of the matter.
If the administrative authority for patent affairs considers that the reasons set forth by the defendant
for the suspension are obviously untenable, it may not suspend the handling of the matter..
Rule 83.  Where any patentee affixes a patent 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 theaffixation in the manner as prescribed by the Patent Administration Department under the State
Council .
Rule 84.  Any of the following 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 or on the
package of that product made or sold by him or it;
(2) without authorization, using the patent number of another person in the advertisement or in any
other promotional materials of his or its product, so as to mislead other persons to regard thetechnology concerned as the patented technology of another person;
(3) without authorization, using the patent number of another person in the contract entered into by
him or it , 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.
Rule 85. Any of the following 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) passing any non-patented technology off as patent ed technology in the advertisements or in any
other promotional materials;
(4) stating any non-patented technology as patented technology in any contract entered into by him or
it;
(5) counterfeiting or transforming any patent certificate, patent document or patent application
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Rule 86.  Any party concerned to a dispute over the ownership of the right to apply for a patent or the
patent right, which is 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.
Any party requesting the suspension of the relevant procedures in accordance with the preceding
paragraph, shall submit a written request to the Patent Administration Department under the State
Council , and attach a copy of the document acknow ledging the receipt of the relevant request from
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 enters into force, the parties concerned shall request the Patent AdministrationDepartment under the State Council to resume the suspended procedure. If, within one year from the
date when the request for suspension is filed, no decision is made on the dispute relating to the
ownership of the right to apply for a patent or the patent right, and it is necessary to continue the
suspension, the party who or that the request shall, within the said time limit, request to extend the
suspension. If, at the expiration of the said time limit, no such request for extension is filed, the PatentAdministration Department under the State Council sh all resume the procedure on its own initiative.
Rule 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 thepreserved 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
Rule 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 right of patent application or the patent right;(3) any pledge and preservation of the patent right and their discharge;
(4) any patent license contract for exploitation submitted for the record;
(5) any invalidation of the patent right;(6) any cessation of the patent right;(7) any restoration of the patent right;(8) any compulsory license for exploitation of the patent;
(9) any change in the name, nationality and address of the patentee.
Rule 89.  The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall publish the Patent
Gazette at regular intervals, publishing or announcing the following:IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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(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;
(3) any request for examination as to substance of an application for a patent for invention and any
decision made by the Patent Administration Depart ment 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 de emed withdrawal of an applicatio n 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 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 in pamphlet form by the Patent Administration Department
under the State Council .
Chapter IX
Fees
Rule 90.  When any person files an application for a patent with, or has other formalities to go through
at, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council , he or it shall pay the following
fees:
(1) filing fee, additional fee for filing application, and printing fee for publishing the application;(2) substantive examination fee for an application for patent for invention, and reexamination fee;IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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(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 reques ting suspension of the patent procedure, fee for
requesting a compulsory license, fee for requesting adjudication on exploitation fee of a compulsory
license.
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 .
Rule 91.  The fees provided for in the Patent Law a nd in these Implementing Regulations may be paid
directly to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council or paid by way of bank or
postal remittance, or by way of any other means as prescribed by the Patent Administration
Department under the State Council .
Where any fee is paid by way of bank or postal remittance, the applicant or the patentee shall indicate
on the money order at least the correct filing number or the patent number and the name of the fee
paid. If the requirements as prescribed in this paragraph are not complied with, the payment of the fee
shall be deemed not to have been made.
Where any fee is paid directly to the Patent 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, however, 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 making the payment may, within one year from  the date of payment, request a refund from the
Patent Administration Department under the State Council .
Rule 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 the
publication of 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 priority shall be deemed not to have been made.
Rule 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.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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Rule 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.
Rule 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 pay the applicat ion maintenance fee for all the years, with the
exception of 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 ofthe preceding year.
Rule 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 withinsix 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.
Rule 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 suchrequest 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 pa id in full within the time limit, the request shall be
deemed not to have been made.
Rule 98.  Where any applicant or patentee has difficulties in paying the various fees prescribed in
these Implementing Regulations, he may, in accordan ce with the prescriptions, submit a request to the
Patent Administration Department under the Stat e 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 admi nistration department under the State Council.
Chapter X
Special Provisions Concerning International Application
Rule 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
(hereinafter referred to as the international application) enters the Chinese national phase, the
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 theseImplementing Regulations shall apply.
Rule 100.  Any international application which has been  accorded an international filling date in
accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty and which has designated China shall be deemed as anIP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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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 sa id international application in China shall cease.
Rule 101.  Any applicant for an international application entering the Chinese national phase shall,
within 20 months from the priority date as referred  to in Article 2 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(referred to as "the priority date" in this chapter), go through the following formalities at the Patent
Administration Department under the State Council ; where an international application elects China
within 19 months from ¡°the priority date¡±, and where the election remains valid, the applicant of the
said application entering the Chinese national phase shall go through the following formalities at the
Patent Administration Department under the State Council within 30 months from ¡°the priority
date¡±:
(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 alsoindicate 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 filing application and the printing fee for publishing the
application as provided in Rule 90, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations;
(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 respective time limit of 22
months or 32 months respectively from ¡°the priority date¡±.
Rule 102.  Where the applicant fails to go through the formalities for entering the Chinese national
phase, within the time limit prescribed in Rule 101, paragraph two of these Implementing Regulations
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:
(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 publishing the application prescribed in Rule 90,
paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations, or the surcharge for the late entry as prescribed in
Rule 101, paragraph two of these Implementing Regulations 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.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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Where the effect of an international application has ceased in China, the provisions of Rule 7,
paragraph two of these Implementing Regulations shall not apply.
Rule 103.  Where any of the following circumstances occur at the time when the applicant goes
through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, the Patent Administration Departmentunder 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 the figure of the drawings in the abstract is not
furnished;
(3) where the title of the invention-creation, the name of the applicant, the address of the applicant and
the name of the inventor are not indicated in Ch inese 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 the corrections, his or its application
shall be deemed to be withdrawn.
Rule 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 prescribed by the applicant before completion of the technical preparations for
national publication of the application by the Pa tent Administration Department under the State
Council . Where the Chinese translation is not furnished within the said time limit, the amendmentsmade in the international phase shall not be taken into consideration by the Patent Administration
Department under the State Council .
Rule 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 the applicant has gone through the formal ities for the change in the applicant before the
International Bureau in the international phase, the document certifying the right of the new applicant
to the international application shall be furnished;
(3) where the applicant is not the same person as th e applicant of 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 intern ational 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 applica tion was filed, the applicant shall indicate it in the
statement concerning entry into the Chinese national phase, and furnish the relevant certificatesprescribed in Rule 31, paragraph two of these Im plementing Regulations within two months from the
date of going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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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 specif ied 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 inrespect 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 Rule, the provisions of Article 24 of the Patent Law shall not apply to his or its international
application.
Rule 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
Rule 25, subparagraph (3) of these Implementing Regulations 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 locationof the record in the documents.
Where particulars concerning the deposit of the 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 fourmonths from the date of going through the formalitie s 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 wi thin the time limit as provided for in Rule 25,
subparagraph (1) of these Implementing Regulations.
Rule 107.  Where the applicant claims one or multiple priorities in the international phase and such
claims remain valid at the time when the application enters the Chinese national phase, the applicantshall be deemed to have submitted the written declar ation 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 tomake 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 th e 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 necessary, it may notify theapplicant to submit a copy of the earlier application within the specified time limit. If no copy is
submitted at the expiration of the time limit, his or its claim for priority shall be deemed not to have
been made.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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Where the claim for 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 priority at the time of going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase.
Rule 108.  Where, before the expiration of 20 months from “the priority date”, the applicant files a
request with the Patent Administration Department under the State Council for early processing and
examination of his or its international application, he or it shall, in addition to going through the
formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, submit a request in accordance with the provisions
in Article 23, paragraph two of the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Where the international application has
not been transmitted by the International Bureau to the Patent Administration Department under the
State Council , the applicant shall submit a confirmed copy of the international application.
Rule 109.  With regard to an international application fo r 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 Rule 51,
paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations shall apply.
Rule 110.  Where the applicant finds that there are mistakes in the Chinese translation of the
description, the claims or the text matter of the drawings as filed, he or it may correct the translation
in accordance with the international applica tion as filed within the following time limits:
(1) before the completion of technical preparations for national publication by the Patent
Administration Department under the State Council ;
(2) within three months from the date of receipt of the notification sent by the Patent Administration
Department under the State Council , stating that the application for a patent for invention has entered
into the substantive examination phase.
Where the applicant intends to correct the mistakes in the translation, he or it shall file a written
request, furnish a replace sheet of the translation and pay the prescribed fee for the correction of thetranslation.
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 paragr aph two of this Rule. If the prescribed formalities
are not gone through at the expiration of the time limit, the international application shall be deemed
to be withdrawn.
Rule 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 incompliance with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations, it shall
publish it in the Patent Gazette; where the international application is filed in a language other than
Chinese, the Chinese translation of the international application shall be published.
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 dateIP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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of the publication of the Chinese translation by th e Patent Administration Department under the State
Council .
With regard to an international application, the publication referred to in Articles 21 and 22 of the
Patent Law means the publication referred to in paragraph one of this Article.
Rule 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 Rule 42, paragraph one of
these Implementing Regulations.
Where, in the international phase, some parts of the international application have not been the subject
of international search or international prelimin ary 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, and the applicant fails to pay the additional fee, whereas at the time of going
through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, the applicant requests that the saidparts 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 Author ity is justified, shall notify the applicant to pay
the restoration fee for unity of invention within th e specified time limit. Where the fee is not paid or
not paid in full at the expiration of the prescr ibed 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.
Rule 113.  Where the applicant furnishes the documents and pays the fees in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations, the date on which the PatentAdministration 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 Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations, the documents
shall be deemed to have been received on the date  on which the time limit expires. However, the time
for the applicant to furnish evidence may not be la ter than six months after the expiration of the time
limit prescribed in Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations.
Where documents are to be submitted to the Patent Administration Department under the State
Council in accordance with the provisions of Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations, theapplicant 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, th e documents shall be deemed not to have been
submitted.
Rule 114.  Where an international application claims the priority, the applicant shall, at the time of
going through the formalities for entering the Ch inese 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 StateCouncil shall notify the applicant to pay it within th e 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.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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Rule 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 shallgo through the formalities prescribed in Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations within the said
time limit at the Patent Administration Department under the State Council . After receiving the
documents sent by the International Bureau, the Patent Administration Department under the State
Council shall review the decision made by the intern ational authority concerned to find whether it is
correct.
Rule 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 ofprotection shall be determined according to the patent in the language when it is granted.
Chapter X
Supplementary Provisions
Rule 117.  Any person may, after approval by the Patent Administration Department under the State
Council , consult or copy the files of the published or announced patent applications and the Patent
Register. Any person may request the Patent Ad ministration Department under the State Council to
issue a copy of extracts from the Patent Register.
The files of the patent applications which have be en 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.
Rule 118.  Any patent application which is filed with, or any formality which is gone through at, the
Patent Administration Department under the Stat e Council shall comply with the unified form
prescribed by 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 and address of the patent agency and the name of patent agent is
requested, a request for a change in the bibliographic data shall be made to the Patent Administration
Department under the State Council , together with the relevant certifying documents.
Rule 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 firs t time, any document which is submitted to and any
formality which is gone through at the Patent Admi nistration Department under the State Council , the
filing number or the patent number, the title of the invention-creation and the name of the applicant or
the patentee shall be indicated.IP/N/1/CHN/I/2
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Only documents relating to the same application shall be included in one letter.
Rule 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 fr ee 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, andfree 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.
Rule 121.  The Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall formulate Guidelines
for Examination in accordance with the Patent Law and these Implementing Regulations.
Rule 122.  These Implementing Regulations shall enter into force on July 1, 2001. The Implementing
Regulations 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 at the same time.
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