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Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (as last amended on Septembre 4, 1992)

Year of current version:	1992
Date of last amendment:	September 4, 1992
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:	Industrial Designs, Patents (Inventions), 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 Septembre 4, 1992)
French	Loi sur les brevets de la République populaire de Chine (modifiée en dernier lieu le 4 septembre 1992)
Historical Versions:	Is superseded by Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (as last amended on December 27, 2008) (CN028) Patent Law of People's Republic of China (as amended on August 25, 2000) (CN022)
WIPO Lex No.:	CN006