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Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (as last amended on December 27, 2008)

Year of current version:	2008
Date of entry into force of original text:	April 1, 1985
Date of Text (Enacted):	March 12, 1984
Type of Text:	Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Genetic Resources, Industrial Designs, Patents (Inventions), Traditional Knowledge (TK), Utility Models
Available Texts:
Chinese	中华人民共和国专利法 (Version with Automatic Translation Tool)
English	Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (as last amended on December 27, 2008)
Related Legislation:	Relates to Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (CN078) Judicial interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Patent Infringement Dispute Cases (CN090) The Regulations on Hearing Divisions of IP Administrative Lawsuits Involving the Grant and Confirmation of Patents and Trademark (CN088) Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (CN171) Protection Measures for Intellectual Property Rights during Exhibitions (CN092) Measures for Compulsory License on Patent Implementation concerning Public Health Problems (CN082) Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court concerning Some Issues on Application of Law for the Trial of Cases on Disputes over Technology Contract (CN132) Regulation on National Defense Patent (CN084) Provisions of the State Intellectual Property Office on Electronic Patent Application (CN081) Measures for Compulsory Licensing of Patent Implementation (CN080) Measures for the Administration of Patent Agency (CN075) Provisions on the Methods for Marking the Patent Marks and Patent Numbers (CN086) Provisions on the Determination and Protection of Well-known Marks (CN040) Measures for the Registration and Administration of Collective Marks and Certification Marks (CN047) Measures for the Implementation of International Registration of Marks under the Madrid Agreement (CN048) Opinions of the MOFTEC and the State Intellectual Property Office on Strengthening the Administration of Patents in Foreign Trade (CN085) Disciplinary Rules for Patent Agency (CN076) Measures of executive enforcement of patents (CN083) Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court for the Application of Law to Pre-trial Cessation of Infringement of Patent Right (CN091) Provisions for Investigation and Handling of Acts of Passing Off Patent by Administrative Authority for Patent Affairs (CN087) Provisions Concerning Implementation of Patent Cooperation Treaty in China (CN077) Regulations on Patent Commissioning (CN074) Provisional Measures Concerning Entry Quarantine for Micro-Organisms and Culture used for Patent Procedures (CN158)
Historical Versions:	Supersedes Patent Law of People's Republic of China (as amended on August 25, 2000) (CN022) Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (as last amended on Septembre 4, 1992) (CN006)
WIPO Lex No.:	CN028

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