(Adopted at the 4th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on March 12,1984 and promulgated by Order No.11 of the President of the People’s Republic of China 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 and amended again 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)

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Conditions for the Grant of Patent Rights

Chapter III Application for Patents

Chapter IV Examination and Approval of Patent Applications

Chapter V Term, Termination and Invalidation of Patent Rights

Chapter VI Compulsory Licence for Exploitation of a Patent

Chapter VII Protection of Patent Rights

Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions