(Adopted at the 4th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on March 12,1984, amended for the first time in accordance with the Decision of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China at its 27th Meeting on September 4,1992, amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China adopted at its 17th Meeting on August 25, 2000, and amended for the third time in accordance with the Decision of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China at its 6th Meeting on December 27, 2008)

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Conditions for Granting Patent Rights

Chapter III Patent Application

Chapter IV Examination and Approval of Patent Applications

Chapter V Duration, Termination and Invalidation of Patent Rights

Chapter VI Compulsory License for Exploitation of a Patent

Chapter VII Protection of Patent Rights

Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions