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中华人民共和国专利法实施细则
Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of
China is hereby promulgated, and enter into force as of July 1, 2001.
第一条 根据《中华人民共和国专利法》（以下简称专利法），制定本细则。
Article 1 These Rules are formulated in accordance with the Patent Law of the
People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "the Patent Law")
第二条 专利法所称发明，是指对产品、方法或者其改进所提出的新的技术方案。
Article 2 "Invention" as mentioned in the Patent Law means any new technical
solution relating to a product, a process or an improvement thereof.
专利法所称实用新型，是指对产品的形状、构造或者其结合所提出的适于实用的新的技术方案。
"Utility model" as mentioned in the Patent Law means any new technical
solution relating to a product's shape, structure, or a combination thereof,
which is fit for practical use.
专利法所称外观设计，是指对产品的形状、图案或者其结合以及色彩与形状、图案的结合所作出的富有美感并适于工业应用的新设计。
"Design" as mentioned in the Patent Law means any new design of a product's
shape, pattern or a combination thereof, as well as its combination with the
color and the shape or pattern of a product, which creates an aesthetic feeling
and is fit for industrial application.
第三条 专利法和本细则规定的各种手续，应当以书面形式或者国务院专利行政部门规定的其他形式办理。
Article 3 All formalities provided in the Patent Law or these Rules shall be
fulfilled in a written form or another form provided by the administrative
department for patents under the State Council.
第四条
依照专利法和本细则规定提交的各种文件应当使用中文；国家有统一规定的科技术语的，应当采用规范词；外国人名、地名和科技术语没有统一中文译文的，应当注明原文。
Article 4 Any document to be submitted under the Patent Law or these Rules
shall be in Chinese. A standard technical terminology shall be used if it is
uniformly provided by the State. Where there is no uniform Chinese translation
for the name of a foreigner, a foreign locality or a foreign technical
terminology, the term in the original language shall be indicated.
依照专利法和本细则规定提交的各种证件和证明文件是外文的，国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以要求当事人在指定期限内附送中文译文；期满未附送的，视为未提交该证件和证明文件。
Where any certificate or certified document which is to be submitted in
accordance with the Patent Law or these Rules is in a foreign language, the
administrative department for patent under the State Council may, when
considered necessary, request the party concerned to submit a Chinese
translation within a specified time limit; where the translation has not been
submitted at the expiry of the time limit, the certificate or certified document
shall be deemed to have not been submitted.
第五条 向国务院专利行政部门邮寄的各种文件，以寄出的邮戳日为递交日；
Article 5 For any document sent by mail to the administrative department for
patent under the State Council, the date of mailing indicated by the postmark
shall be regarded as the application date.
邮戳日不清晰的，除当事人能够提出证明外，以国务院专利行政部门收到日为递交日。
If the date of mailing indicated by the postmark is illegible, the date on
which the administrative department for patent under the State Council receives
the document shall be regarded as the application date unless otherwise proven
by the party concerned.
国务院专利行政部门的各种文件，可以通过邮寄、直接送交或者其他方式送达当事人。
Any document of the administrative department for patent under the State
Council may be served by mail, by personal delivery or by other means.
当事人委托专利代理机构的，文件送交专利代理机构；未委托专利代理机构的，文件送交请求书中指明的联系人。
Where any party concerned has entrusted a patent agency, the document shall be
sent to the patent agency; where no patent agency has been entrusted, the
document shall be sent to the contact designated in the written request.
国务院专利行政部门邮寄的各种文件，自文件发出之日起满１５日，推定为当事人收到文件之日。
For any document mailed by the administrative department for patent under the
State Council, the 15th day from the date when the document was sent shall be
presumed to be the date of the reception of the document.
根据国务院专利行政部门规定应当直接送交的文件，以交付日为送达日。
For any document to be served by personal delivery as required by the
provisions of the administrative department for patent under the State Council,
the date of delivery shall be regarded as the date of service.
文件送交地址不清，无法邮寄的，可以通过公告的方式送达当事人。自公告之日起满１个月，该文件视为已经送达。
Where the address to which a document is to be served is not clear for the
purpose of mailing, the document may be served by announcement, and shall be
deemed to have been served at the expiry of 1 month as of the date of
announcement.
第六条 专利法和本细则规定的各种期限的第一日不计算在期限内。
Article 6 The first day of any time limit provided in the Patent Law or these
Rules shall not be counted.
期限以年或者月计算的，以其最后一月的相应日为期限届满日；
Where a time limit is counted by years or by months, it shall expire on the
corresponding day of the last month;
该月无相应日的，以该月最后一日为期限届满日；期限届满日是法定节假日的，以节假日后的第一个工作日为期限届满日。
where there is no corresponding day in that month, the time limit shall expire
on the last day of that month; and where a time limit expires on a statutory
holiday, it shall expire on the first working day following that statutory
holiday.
第七条
当事人因不可抗拒的事由而延误专利法或者本细则规定的期限或者国务院专利行政部门指定的期限，导致其权利丧失的，自障碍消除之日起２个月内，最迟自期限届满之日起２年内，可以向国务院专利行政部门说明理由并附具有关证明文件，请求恢复权利。
Article 7 Where a party concerned has delayed past the time limit provided in
the Patent Law or these Rules or that specified by the administrative department
for patent under the State Council due to force majeure, thus resulting the loss
of his/its rights, he/it may, within 2 months as of the removal of the
impediment, or at the latest within 2 years as of the expiry of that time limit,
request the administrative department for patent under the State Council to
recover his/its rights by stating the reasons and affixing relevant supporting
documents.
当事人因正当理由而延误专利法或者本细则规定的期限或者国务院专利行政部门指定的期限，导致其权利丧失的，可以自收到国务院专利行政部门的通知之日起２个月内向国务院专利行政部门说明理由，请求恢复权利。
Where a party concerned has delayed past the time limit provided in the Patent
Law or these Rules or that specified by the administrative department for patent
under the State Council due to a justified reason, thus resulting in the loss of
his/its rights, he/it may, within 2 months as of the receipt of the notice from
the administrative department for patent under the State Council, request the
administrative department for patent under the State Council to recover his/its
rights by stating the reason.
当事人请求延长国务院专利行政部门指定的期限的，应当在期限届满前，向国务院专利行政部门说明理由并办理有关手续。
Where a party concerned requests extension of the time limit specified by the
administrative department for patent under the State Council, he/it shall,
before the expiry of the said time limit, state the reason to the administrative
department for patent under the State Council and fulfill relevant formalities.
本条第一款和第二款的规定不适用专利法第二十四条、第二十九条、第四十二条、第六十二条规定的期限。
The provisions in Paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply to the
time limit provided in Article 24, Article 29, Article 42, or Article 62 of the
Patent Law.
第八条 发明专利申请涉及国防方面的国家秘密需要保密的，由国防专利机构受理；
Article 8 Where an application for a patent for invention involves any State
secret in respect to national defense that needs to be maintained confidential,
it shall be accepted by the institution for patent of national defense.
国务院专利行政部门受理的涉及国防方面的国家秘密需要保密的发明专利申请，应当移交国防专利机构审查，由国务院专利行政部门根据国防专利机构的审查意见作出决定。
Where an application for a patent for invention which involves any State
secret in respect to national defense that needs to be maintained confidential
has been accepted by the administrative department for patent under the State
Council, it shall be transferred to the institution for patent of national
defense for examination, and the administrative department for patent under the
State Council shall make its decision upon the opinions from the examination by
the institution for patent of national defense.
除前款规定的外，国务院专利行政部门受理发明专利申请后，应当将需要进行保密审查的申请转送国务院有关主管部门审查；
In addition to the preceding paragraph, the administrative department for
patent under the State Council shall, after accepting a patent application for
invention, transmit it to the relevant competent department of the State Council
for examination if such invention needs to be examined for its confidential
nature.
有关主管部门应当自收到该申请之日起４个月内，将审查结果通知国务院专利行政部门；
The said department shall, within 4 months as of the receipt of the
application, notify the administrative department for patent under the State
Council of the examination result.
需要保密的，由国务院专利行政部门按照保密专利申请处理，并通知申请人。
Where the invention needs to be maintained confidential, the administrative
department for patent under the State Council shall deal with the application as
one of confidential patent and notify the applicant accordingly.
第九条 专利法第五条所称违反国家法律的发明创造，不包括仅其实施为国家法律所禁止的发明创造。
Article 9 "Invention-creation that violates the laws of the State" mentioned
in Article 5 of the Patent Law shall not include the invention-creations the use
of which is prohibited by the laws of the State.
第十条 除专利法第二十八条和第四十二条规定的情形外，专利法所称申请日，有优先权的，指优先权日。
Article 10 Except for the circumstances provided in Article 28 and Article 42
of the Patent Law, the application date mentioned in the Patent Law means the
priority date if there is a right of priority concerned.
本细则所称申请日，除另有规定的外，是指专利法第二十八条规定的申请日。
Unless otherwise provided, the application date mentioned in these Rules means
the one provided in Article 28 of the Patent Law.
第十一条 专利法第六条所称执行本单位的任务所完成的职务发明创造，是指：
Article 11 "Service invention-creation made by a person in execution of the
tasks of the entity to which he belongs" mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent
Law means any invention-creation made:
（一）在本职工作中作出的发明创造；
(1) in the course of performing his own duty;
（二）履行本单位交付的本职工作之外的任务所作出的发明创造；
(2) in execution of any task, other than his own duty, which was delivered to
him by the entity to which he belongs;
（三）退职、退休或者调动工作后１年内作出的，与其在原单位承担的本职工作或者原单位分配的任务有关的发明创造。
(3) within 1 year from his resignation, retirement or change of work, provided
that the invention-creation relates to his own duty or to the other task
distributed to him by the entity to which he previously belonged.
专利法第六条所称本单位，包括临时工作单位；专利法第六条所称本单位的物质技术条件，是指本单位的资金、设备、零部件、原材料或者不对外公开的技术资料等。
"The entity to which he belongs" mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent Law may
also be a temporary entity for which the person works; "material resources of
the entity" mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent Law shall include the entity's
money, equipment, spare parts, raw materials, or technical data which are not to
be disclosed to the public.
第十二条 专利法所称发明人或者设计人，是指对发明创造的实质性特点作出创造性贡献的人。
Article 12 "Inventor" or "designer" as mentioned in the Patent Law means any
person who has made creative contributions to the substantive features of the
invention-creation.
在完成发明创造过程中，只负责组织工作的人、为物质技术条件的利用提供方便的人或者从事其他辅助工作的人，不是发明人或者设计人。
Any person who, in the process of accomplishing the invention-creation, is
responsible only for organizational work, or who offers facilities for the use
of material resources, or who takes part in other auxiliary functions, shall not
be an inventor or designer.
第十三条 同样的发明创造只能被授予一项专利。
Article 13 For any identical invention-creations, only one patent right shall
be granted.
依照专利法第九条的规定，两个以上的申请人在同一日分别就同样的发明创造申请专利的，应当在收到国务院专利行政部门的通知后自行协商确定申请人。
In accordance with Article 9 of the Patent Law, two or more applicants who, on
the same day, file applications for patent regarding identical
invention-creations, shall, after receiving the notification from the
administrative department for patent under the State Council, negotiate between
themselves at their own discretion to determine who shall be entitled to file
the application.
第十四条 中国单位或者个人向外国人转让专利申请权或者专利权的，由国务院对外经济贸易主管部门会同国务院科学技术行政部门批准。
Article 14 Where a Chinese entity or individual is to assign the right of
patent application or a patent right to a foreigner, he/it shall obtain a joint
approval from the competent department for foreign trade and economic
cooperation under the State Council and the administrative department for
science and technology under the State Council.
第十五条 除依照专利法第十条规定转让专利权外，专利权因其他事由发生转移的，当事人应当凭有关证明文件或者法律文书向国务院专利行政部门办理专利权人变更手续。
Article 15 Unless a patent right is assigned in accordance with Article 10 of
the Patent Law, the party concerned shall, if the patent right is devolved due
to other reasons, fulfill the formalities for the change of the patent holder in
the administrative department for patent under the State Council with relevant
certified documents or legal instruments.
专利权人与他人订立的专利实施许可合同，应当自合同生效之日起３个月内向国务院专利行政部门备案。
Any contract on the license for use of a patent concluded between the patent
holder and another party shall, within 3 months as of the date when the contract
entered into force, be submitted to the administrative department for patent
under the State Council for record.
第二章 专利的申请
Chapter II Application for Patent
第十六条 以书面形式申请专利的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提交申请文件一式两份。
Article 16 Anyone who applies for a patent in written form shall submit the
application documents to the administrative department for patent under the
State Council in duplicate.
以国务院专利行政部门规定的其他形式申请专利的，应当符合规定的要求。
Anyone who applies for a patent in any other form provided by the
administrative department for patent under the State Council shall comply with
the provided requirements.
申请人委托专利代理机构向国务院专利行政部门申请专利和办理其他专利事务的，应当同时提交委托书，写明委托权限。
Where an applicant entrusts a patent agency to file an application for a
patent or to handle other patent matters in the administrative department for
patent under the State Council, he/it shall meanwhile submit a power of attorney
indicating the scope of the power entrusted.
申请人有２人以上且未委托专利代理机构的，除请求书中另有声明的外，以请求书中指明的第一申请人为代表人。
Where there are two or more applicants and none of them has entrusted a patent
agency, the first applicant designated in the written request shall be regarded
as the representative unless otherwise declared in the written request.
第十七条 专利法第二十六条第二款所称请求书中的其他事项，是指：
Article 17 Other related matters in the written request mentioned in Paragraph
2 of Article 26 of the Patent Law mean:
（一）申请人的国籍；
(1) the nationality of the applicant;
（二）申请人是企业或者其他组织的，其总部所在地的国家；
(2) where the applicant is an enterprise or other organization, the name of
the country in which the applicant has its principal business office;
（三）申请人委托专利代理机构的，应当注明的有关事项；申请人未委托专利代理机构的，其联系人的姓名、地址、邮政编码及联系电话；
(3) where the applicant has entrusted a patent agency, the relevant matters to
be indicated; where the applicant has not entrusted a patent agency, the name,
address, postal code and telephone number of the contact;
（四）要求优先权的，应当注明的有关事项；
(4) where the right of priority is claimed, the relevant matters to be
indicated;
（五）申请人或者专利代理机构的签字或者盖章；
(5) the signature or seal of the applicant or the patent agency;
（六）申请文件清单；
(6) a list of the application documents;
（七）附加文件清单；
(7) a list of the documents appended to the application;
（八）其他需要注明的有关事项。
(8) other related matters which need to be indicated.
第十八条 发明或者实用新型专利申请的说明书应当写明发明或者实用新型的名称，该名称应当与请求书中的名称一致。说明书应当包括下列内容：
Article 18 The specification of an application for a patent for invention or
utility model shall indicate the title of the invention or utility model as it
appears in the written request. The specification shall include:
（一）技术领域：写明要求保护的技术方案所属的技术领域；
(1) the field of technology: indicating the field of technology to which the
technical solution under the request for protection belongs;
（二）背景技术：写明对发明或者实用新型的理解、检索、审查有用的背景技术；有可能的，并引证反映这些背景技术的文件；
(2) the background technologies: indicating the background technologies useful
to the understanding, retrieval and examination of the invention or utility
model; and if possible, citing the documents which reflect these background
technologies;
（三）发明内容：写明发明或者实用新型所要解决的技术问题以及解决其技术问题采用的技术方案，并对照现有技术写明发明或者实用新型的有益效果；
(3) the contents of invention: indicating the technical problems to be solved
for the invention or utility model and the technical solution adopted for
solving the technical problems, and indicating the beneficial effects of the
invention or utility model by comparison with the technology currently
available;
（四）附图说明：说明书有附图的，对各幅附图作简略说明；
(4) the statement of the appended drawings: if the specification is appended
with drawings, briefly stating each appended drawing;
（五）具体实施方式：详细写明申请人认为实现发明或者实用新型的优选方式；必要时，举例说明；有附图的，对照附图。
(5) the specific method of use: indicating in details the best method
considered by the applicant to use the invention or utility model; when
necessary, illustrating with examples; and comparing with the appended drawings,
if any.
发明或者实用新型专利申请人应当按照前款规定的方式和顺序撰写说明书，并在说明书每一部分前面写明标题，除非其发明或者实用新型的性质用其他方式或者顺序撰写能节约说明书的篇幅并使他人能够准确理解其发明或者实用新型。
An applicant for a patent for invention or utility model shall present the
specification in accordance with the manner and order provided in the preceding
paragraph, and shall indicate the heading in front of each portion of the
specification, unless a different manner or order would afford a more economical
presentation and a more accurate understanding due to the nature of the
invention or utility model.
发明或者实用新型说明书应当用词规范、语句清楚，并不得使用“如权利要求……所述的……”一类的引用语，也不得使用商业性宣传用语。
The specification of the invention or utility model shall be written in
standard terminologies and clear sentences, and shall not contain such phrases
as: "as described in Part ... of the claim," or any commercial advertising
diction.
发明专利申请包含一个或者多个核苷酸或者氨基酸序列的，说明书应当包括符合国务院专利行政部门规定的序列表。
Where an application for a patent for invention contains one or more sequences
of nucleotide or amino acid, the specification shall include a sequence table in
conformity with the provisions of the administrative department for patent under
the State Council.
申请人应当将该序列表作为说明书的一个单独部分提交，并按照国务院专利行政部门的规定提交该序列表的计算机可读形式的副本。
The applicant shall submit the sequence table as an independent portion of the
specification, and submit a copy of the sequence table which can be read by the
computer in accordance with the provisions of the administrative department for
patent under the State Council.
第十九条 发明或者实用新型的几幅附图可以绘在一张图纸上，并按照“图１，图２，……”顺序编号排列。
Article 19 The same sheet of appended 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 1, Figure 2...".
附图的大小及清晰度，应当保证在该图缩小到三分之二时仍能清晰地分辨出图中的各个细节。
The scale and the distinctness of the appended drawings shall be such that a
reproduction with a linear reduction in size to two-thirds would still enable
all details to be clearly distinguished.
发明或者实用新型说明书文字部分中未提及的附图标记不得在附图中出现，附图中未出现的附图标记不得在说明书文字部分中提及。
Appended drawing reference signs not mentioned in the text of the
specification of the invention or utility model shall not appear in the appended
drawings. Appended drawing reference signs not appearing in the appended
drawings shall not be mentioned in the text of the specification.
申请文件中表示同一组成部分的附图标记应当一致。
The appended drawing reference signs for the same composite part used in the
application documents shall be consistent throughout.
附图中除必需的词语外，不应当含有其他注释。
The appended drawings shall not contain any other explanatory notes, except
for words that are indispensable.
第二十条 权利要求书应当说明发明或者实用新型的技术特征，清楚、简要地表述请求保护的范围。
Article 20 The patent claim shall state the technical features of the
invention or utility model, and define clearly and concisely the scope of the
requested protection.
权利要求书有几项权利要求的，应当用阿拉伯数字顺序编号。
Where there are several claims in the patent claim, they shall be numbered
consecutively in Arabic numerals.
权利要求书中使用的科技术语应当与说明书中使用的科技术语一致，可以有化学式或者数学式，但是不得有插图。
The technical terminology used in the patent claim shall be consistent with
that used in the specification.
除绝对必要的外，不得使用“如说明书……部分所述” 或者“如图……所示”的用语。
The patent claim may contain chemical or mathematical formulas but no
drawings, and shall not contain such dictions as: "as described in Part ... of
the specification" or "as illustrated in Figure ..." unless such dictions are
absolutely necessary.
权利要求中的技术特征可以引用说明书附图中相应的标记，该标记应当放在相应的技术特征后并置于括号内，便于理解权利要求。
The technical features mentioned in the claim may quote the corresponding
reference signs in the appended drawings of the specification, and such
reference signs shall follow the corresponding technical features and be placed
between parentheses, so that the claim can be easily understood.
附图标记不得解释为对权利要求的限制。
The appended drawing reference signs shall not be construed as limiting the
claim.
第二十一条 权利要求书应当有独立权利要求，也可以有从属权利要求。
Article 21 The patent claim shall have an independent claim, and may also
contain subordinate claims.
独立权利要求应当从整体上反映发明或者实用新型的技术方案，记载解决技术问题的必要技术特征。
An independent claim shall outline the technical solution of an invention or
utility model and record the technical features necessary for solving technical
problems.
从属权利要求应当用附加的技术特征，对引用的权利要求作进一步限定。
Subordinate claims shall further define the quoted claim with additional
technical features.
第二十二条 发明或者实用新型的独立权利要求应当包括前序部分和特征部分，按照下列规定撰写：
Article 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 forms:
（一）前序部分：写明要求保护的发明或者实用新型技术方案的主题名称和发明或者实用新型主题与最接近的现有技术共有的必要技术特征；
(1) the preamble portion: indicating the subject title of the technical
solution to the invention or utility model which is claimed to be protected and
those essential technical features that are common to the subject of the
invention or utility model and the closest technology currently available;
（二）特征部分：使用“其特征是……”或者类似的用语，写明发明或者实用新型区别于最接近的现有技术的技术特征。
(2) the characterizing portion: stating, in such diction as "characterized in
that ..." or in similar diction, the technical features of the invention or
utility model, which distinguish it from the closest technology currently
available;
这些特征和前序部分写明的特征合在一起，限定发明或者实用新型要求保护的范围。
these features, in combination with the features indicated in the preamble
portion, serve to define the scope of protection of the invention or utility
model.
发明或者实用新型的性质不适于用前款方式表达的，独立权利要求可以用其他方式撰写。
An independent claim may be presented in any other form if the nature of the
invention or utility model is not appropriate to be expressed in the form
provided in the preceding paragraph.
一项发明或者实用新型应当只有一个独立权利要求，并写在同一发明或者实用新型的从属权利要求之前。
Each invention or utility model shall have only one independent claim, which
shall precede all the subordinate claims of the same invention or utility model.
第二十三条 发明或者实用新型的从属权利要求应当包括引用部分和限定部分，按照下列规定撰写：
Article 23 A subordinate claim of an invention or utility model shall contain
a quoting portion and a defining portion, and be presented in the following
form:
（一）引用部分：写明引用的权利要求的编号及其主题名称；
(1) the quoting portion: indicating the serial number(s) of the quoted
claim(s), and the title of the subject;
（二）限定部分：写明发明或者实用新型附加的技术特征。
(2) the defining portion: stating the additional technical features of the
invention or utility model.
从属权利要求只能引用在前的权利要求。
A subordinate claim may only quote the preceding claim or claims.
引用两项以上权利要求的多项从属权利要求，只能以择一方式引用在前的权利要求，并不得作为另一项多项从属权利要求的基础。
A multiple subordinate claim which quotes two or more claims may only apply to
the preceding claim or claim in a selected form, and shall not be regarded as
the basis for another multiple subordinate claim.
第二十四条
说明书摘要应当写明发明或者实用新型专利申请所公开内容的概要，即写明发明或者实用新型的名称和所属技术领域，并清楚地反映所要解决的技术问题、解决该问题的技术方案的要点以及主要用途。
Article 24 The abstract of the specification shall indicate the outline of the
contents made public by the application for a patent for invention or utility
model, that is, to indicate the name of the invention or utility model and the
field of technology to which it belongs, and shall clearly reflect the technical
problem to be solved, the essentials and main uses of the technical solution to
this problem.
说明书摘要可以包含最能说明发明的化学式；
The abstract of the specification may contain the chemical formula which best
characterizes the invention.
有附图的专利申请，还应当提供一幅最能说明该发明或者实用新型技术特征的附图。
For an application for a patent which contains appended drawings, an appended
drawing which best characterizes the invention or utility model shall also be
provided.
附图的大小及清晰度应当保证在该图缩小到４厘米×６厘米时，仍能清晰地分辨出图中的各个细节。
The scale and the distinctness of the appended drawing shall be such that a
reproduction with a linear reduction in size to 4cm*6cm would still enable all
details to be clearly distinguished.
摘要文字部分不得超过３００个字。摘要中不得使用商业性宣传用语。
The whole text of the abstract shall contain not more than 300 Chinese
characters. There shall be no commercial advertising diction in the abstract.
第二十五条
申请专利的发明涉及新的生物材料，该生物材料公众不能得到，并且对该生物材料的说明不足以使所属领域的技术人员实施其发明的，除应当符合专利法和本细则的有关规定外，申请人还应当办理下列手续：
Article 25 Where an application for a patent for invention involves a new
biomaterial which is not available to the public, and the specification on this
biomaterial is not enough to make the technicians who belong to this field to
exploit the invention, the applicant shall, in addition to complying with the
relevant provisions in the Patent Law and these Rules, fulfill the following
formalities:
（一）在申请日前或者最迟在申请日（有优先权的，指优先权日），将该生物材料的样品提交国务院专利行政部门认可的保藏单位保藏，并在申请时或者最迟自申请日起４个月内提交保藏单位出具的保藏证明和存活证明；
(1) submit a sample of the biomaterial to a depository institution admitted by
the administrative department for patent under the State Council before the
application date, or, at the latest, on the application date (or the priority
date if there is a right of priority concerned) for deposit, and submit, at the
time of application, or, at the latest, within 4 months as of the application
date, a receipt of deposit and the viability proof from the depository
institution;
期满未提交证明的，该样品视为未提交保藏；
where they have not been submitted at the expiry of the time limit, the sample
shall be deemed to have not been deposited;
（二）在申请文件中，提供有关该生物材料特征的资料；
(2) in the application, submit relevant information on the characteristics of
the biomaterial;
（三）涉及生物材料样品保藏的专利申请应当在请求书和说明书中写明该生物材料的分类命名（注明拉丁文名称）、保藏该生物材料样品的单位名称、地址、保藏日期和保藏编号；
(3) indicate, where the application involves the deposit of the sample of
biomaterial, in the written request and the specification the name of its
classification (with its Latin name), the name and address of the depository
institution, the date on which the sample was deposited and the accession number
of the deposit;
申请时未写明的，应当自申请日起４个月内补正；期满未补正的，视为未提交保藏。
where, at the time of application, they are not indicated, a rectification
shall be made within 4 months as of the date of application; where no
rectification has been made at the expiry of the time limit, the sample shall be
deemed to have not been deposited.
第二十六条
发明专利申请人依照本细则第二十五条的规定保藏生物材料样品的，在发明专利申请公布后，任何单位或者个人需要将该专利申请所涉及的生物材料作为实验目的使用的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提出请求，并写明下列事项：
Article 26 Where an applicant for a patent for invention has a sample of
biomaterial deposited in accordance with Article 25 of these Rules, any entity
or individual that intends to make use of the biomaterial for the purpose of
experiment shall, after the application for a patent for invention has been
published, make a request to the administrative department for patent under the
State Council containing the following:
（一）请求人的姓名或者名称和地址；
(1) the name and address of the entity or individual making the request;
（二）不向其他任何人提供该生物材料的保证；
(2) a guarantee not to make the biomaterial available to any other person;
（三）在授予专利权前，只作为实验目的使用的保证。
(3) a guarantee to use the biomaterial for experimental purpose only before
the grant of the patent right.
第二十七条 依照专利法第二十七条规定提交的外观设计的图片或者照片，不得小于３厘米×８厘米，并不得大于１５厘米×２２厘米。
Article 27 The size of drawings or photographs of a design submitted in
accordance with Article 27 of the Patent Law shall not be smaller than 3cm *
8cm, nor larger than 15cm * 22cm.
同时请求保护色彩的外观设计专利申请，应当提交彩色图片或者照片一式两份。
Where an application for a patent for design seeking concurrent protection of
colors is filed, the drawing or photograph in color shall be submitted in
duplicate.
申请人应当就每件外观设计产品所需要保护的内容提交有关视图或者照片，清楚地显示请求保护的对象。
The applicant shall submit, with respect to the contents of each design
product which is in need of protection, relevant views or photographs, so as to
clearly show the object for which protection is sought.
第二十八条 申请外观设计专利的，必要时应当写明对外观设计的简要说明。
Article 28 Where an application for a patent for design is filed, a brief
explanation of the design shall, when necessary, be indicated.
外观设计的简要说明应当写明使用该外观设计的产品的设计要点、请求保护色彩、省略视图等情况。
The brief explanation of the design shall include the design essentials for
the use of the design, the colors for which protection is sought and the
omission of the view of the product incorporating the design.
简要说明不得使用商业性宣传用语，也不能用来说明产品的性能。
The brief explanation shall not contain any commercial advertising diction or
be used to indicate the functions of the product.
第二十九条 国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以要求外观设计专利申请人提交使用外观设计的产品样品或者模型。
Article 29 The administrative department for patent under the State Council
may, when considering it necessary, require the applicant for a patent for
design to submit a sample or model of the product incorporating the design.
样品或者模型的体积不得超过３０厘米×３０厘米×３０厘米，重量不得超过１５公斤。
The volume of the sample or model submitted shall not exceed 30cm*30cm*30cm,
and its weight shall not surpass15 kilograms.
易腐、易损或者危险品不得作为样品或者模型提交。
Articles that are easy to rot or become broken, or articles that are
dangerous, may not be submitted as sample or model.
第三十条
专利法第二十二条第三款所称已有的技术，是指申请日（有优先权的，指优先权日）前在国内外出版物上公开发表、在国内公开使用或者以其他方式为公众所知的技术，即现有技术。
Article 30 The existing technology mentioned in Paragraph 3 of Article 22 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 application date (or
the priority date if there is a right of priority concerned); that is, the
technology currently available.
第三十一条 专利法第二十四条第（二）项所称学术会议或者技术会议，是指国务院有关主管部门或者全国性学术团体组织召开的学术会议或者技术会议。
Article 31 The academic or technical conference mentioned in Item (2) of
Article 24 of the Patent Law means any academic or technical conference
organized and convened by a relevant department of the State Council or by a
national academic association.
申请专利的发明创造有专利法第二十四条第（一）项或者第（二）项所列情形的，申请人应当在提出专利申请时声明，并自申请日起２个月内，提交有关国际展览会或者学术会议、技术会议的组织单位出具的有关发明创造已经展出或者发表，以及展出或者发表日期的证明文件。
Where the invention-creation in an application for a patent falls under any of
the circumstances enumerated in Item (1) or Item (2) of Article 24 of the Patent
Law, the applicant shall, when filing the application, make a declaration and,
within a time limit of 2 months as of the application date, submit a certificate
issued by the entity which organized the international exhibition or academic or
technical conference, stating that the invention-creation has been exhibited or
published and also submit the certified documents on the date of its exhibition
or publication.
申请专利的发明创造有专利法第二十四条第（三）项所列情形的，国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以要求申请人在指定期限内提交证明文件。
Where any invention-creation in an application for a patent falls under the
circumstance enumerated in Item (3) of Article 24 of the Patent Law, the
administrative department for patent under the State Council may, when
considered necessary, require the applicant to submit a certified document
within a specified time limit.
申请人未依照本条第二款的规定提出声明和提交证明文件的，或者未依照本条第三款的规定在指定期限内提交证明文件的，其申请不适用专利法第二十四条的规定。
Where the applicant fails to make a declaration and submit the certified
document in accordance with Paragraph 2 of this Article, or fails to submit the
certified document within a specified time limit in accordance with Paragraph 3
of this Article, the application may not be subject to Article 24 of the Patent
Law.
第三十二条 申请人依照专利法第三十条的规定办理要求优先权手续的，应当在书面声明中写明第一次提出专利申请（以下称在先申请）的申请日、申请号和受理该申请的国家；
Article 32 Where an applicant is to fulfill the formalities for claiming the
right of priority in accordance with Article 30 of the Patent Law, he/it shall,
in his/its written declaration, indicate the date and the number of the
application which was first filed (hereinafter referred to as the earlier
application) as well as the country in which that application was accepted.
书面声明中未写明在先申请的申请日和受理该申请的国家的，视为未提出声明。
Where the written declaration does not contain the application date of the
earlier application or the name of the said country, the declaration shall be
deemed to have not been made.
要求外国优先权的，申请人提交的在先申请文件副本应当经原受理机关证明；
Where the right of foreign priority is claimed, the copies of the earlier
application documents submitted by the applicant shall be certified by the
original acceptance authority.
提交的证明材料中，在先申请人的姓名或者名称与在后申请的申请人姓名或者名称不一致的，应当提交优先权转让证明材料；
Where, among the submitted certified documents, the name of the earlier
applicant is inconsistent with that of the later applicant, the certified
documents on the assignment of the right of property shall be submitted.
要求本国优先权的，申请人提交的在先申请文件副本应当由国务院专利行政部门制作。
Where the domestic right of priority is claimed, the copies of the earlier
application documents shall be prepared by the administrative department for
patent under the State Council.
第三十三条 申请人在一件专利申请中，可以要求一项或者多项优先权；要求多项优先权的，该申请的优先权期限从最早的优先权日起计算。
Article 33 Any applicant may claim one or more rights of priority for an
application for a patent; where more than one right of priority are claimed, the
priority period for the application shall be calculated from the earliest
priority date.
申请人要求本国优先权，在先申请是发明专利申请的，可以就相同主题提出发明或者实用新型专利申请；
Where an applicant claims the right of domestic priority, and the earlier
application is one for a patent for invention, he/it may file an application for
a patent for invention or utility model for the same subject;
在先申请是实用新型专利申请的，可以就相同主题提出实用新型或者发明专利申请。
if the earlier application is one for a patent for utility model, he/it may
file an application for a patent for utility model or invention for the same
subject.
但是，提出后一申请时，在先申请的主题有下列情形之一的，不得作为要求本国优先权的基础：
However, if, when the later application is filed, the earlier application is
in any of the following circumstances, it may not be the basis of the right of
domestic priority:
（一）已经要求外国优先权或者本国优先权的；
(1) where the right of foreign or domestic priority has already been claimed;
（二）已经被授予专利权的；
(2) where a patent right has been granted;
（三）属于按照规定提出的分案申请的。
(3) where it belongs to divisional application filed as provided.
申请人要求本国优先权的，其在先申请自后一申请提出之日起即视为撤回。
Where the applicant claims the right of domestic priority, the earlier
application shall be deemed to be withdrawn as of the date on which the later
application is filed.
第三十四条 在中国没有经常居所或者营业所的申请人，申请专利或者要求外国优先权的，国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以要求其提供下列文件：
Article 34 Where an application for a patent is filed or the right of foreign
priority is claimed by any applicant having no regular residence or business
office in China, the administrative department for patent under the State
Council may, when considering it necessary, require the applicant to submit the
following documents:
（一）国籍证明；
(1) a certificate concerning the nationality of the applicant;
（二）申请人是企业或者其他组织的，其营业所或者总部所在地的证明文件；
(2) a certificate concerning the locality of the business office or the
headquarters, if the applicant is an enterprise or other organization;
（三）申请人的所属国，承认中国单位和个人可以按照该国国民的同等条件，在该国享有专利权、优先权和其他与专利有关的权利的证明文件。
(3) a certified document showing that the country, to which the applicant
belongs, recognizes that Chinese entities and individuals are, under the same
conditions applied to its nationals, entitled to patent right, right of priority
and other related rights in that country.
第三十五条
依照专利法第三十一条第一款规定，可以作为一件专利申请提出的属于一个总的发明构思的两项以上的发明或者实用新型，应当在技术上相互关联，包含一个或者多个相同或者相应的特定技术特征；
Article 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 Paragraph 1 of Article 31 the Patent Law shall be technically interrelated
and contain one or more same or corresponding special technical features.
其中特定技术特征是指每一项发明或者实用新型作为整体，对现有技术作出贡献的技术特征。
The expression "special technical features" means those technical features
that define a contribution which each of those inventions, considered as a
whole, makes over the technology currently available.
第三十六条 专利法第三十一条第二款所称同一类别，是指产品属于分类表中同一小类；
Article 36 The expression "the same category" mentioned in Paragraph 2 of
Article 31 of the Patent Law means that the products incorporating the designs
belong to the same subclass in the classification of products for designs.
成套出售或者使用，是指各产品的设计构思相同，并且习惯上是同时出售、同时使用。
The expression "be sold or used in sets" means that the products incorporating
the designs have the same designing concept and are customarily sold or used at
the same time.
依照专利法第三十一条第二款规定将两项以上外观设计作为一件申请提出的，应当将各项外观设计顺序编号标在每件使用外观设计产品的视图名称之前。
Where two or more designs are filed as one application in accordance with the
Paragraph 2 of Article 31 of the Patent Law, they shall be numbered
consecutively and each number shall be placed before the corresponding title of
the view of the product incorporating the design.
第三十七条 申请人撤回专利申请的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提出声明，写明发明创造的名称、申请号和申请日。
Article 37 When withdrawing an application for a patent, the applicant shall
make a declaration to the administrative department for patent under the State
Council stating the title of the invention-creation, the number and date of the
application.
撤回专利申请的声明在国务院专利行政部门作好公布专利申请文件的印刷准备工作后提出的，申请文件仍予公布；
Where a declaration to withdraw an application for a patent is made after the
printing preparation has been done by the administrative department for patent
under the State Council for publishing the application documents, the
application documents shall still be published as scheduled.
但是，撤回专利申请的声明应当在以后出版的专利公报上予以公告。
However, the declaration to withdraw an application for a patent shall be
announced on the subsequently published Patent Gazette.
第三章 专利申请的审查和批准
Chapter III Examination and Approval of Application for Patent
第三十八条 在初步审查、实质审查、复审和无效宣告程序中，实施审查和审理的人员有下列情形之一的，应当自行回避，当事人或者其他利害关系人可以要求其回避：
Article 38 Any person who is to examine or hear a case in the procedures of
preliminary examination, substantial examination, re-examination, or
invalidation shall, at his own discretion or upon the request of the party
concerned or any other interested person, avoid being present in any of the
following circumstances:
（一）是当事人或者其代理人的近亲属的；
(1) where he is a close relative of the party concerned or the latter's agent;
（二）与专利申请或者专利权有利害关系的；
(2) where he has an interest in the application for patent or the patent
right;
（三）与当事人或者其代理人有其他关系，可能影响公正审查和审理的；
(3) where he has such other kinds of relations with the party concerned or the
latter's agent that might affect impartial examination and hearing;
（四）专利复审委员会成员曾参与原申请的审查的。
(4) where a member of the Patent Re-examination Board has taken part in the
examination of the application.
第三十九条
国务院专利行政部门收到发明或者实用新型专利申请的请求书、说明书（实用新型必须包括附图）和权利要求书，或者外观设计专利申请的请求书和外观设计的图片或者照片后，应当明确申请日、给予申请号，并通知申请人。
Article 39 Upon the receipt of an application for a patent for invention or
utility model consisting of a written request, a specification (an appended
drawing being indispensable for utility model) and one or more patent claims, or
an application for a patent for design consisting of a written request and one
or more drawings or photographs showing the design, the administrative
department for patent under the State Council shall clarify the application
date, grant an application number and notify the applicant.
第四十条 专利申请文件有下列情形之一的，国务院专利行政部门不予受理，并通知申请人：
Article 40 Where a patent application document falls under any of the
following circumstances, the administrative department for patent under the
State Council shall not accept the application and shall notify the applicant
accordingly:
（一）发明或者实用新型专利申请缺少请求书、说明书（实用新型无附图）和权利要求书的，或者外观设计专利申请缺少请求书、图片或者照片的；
(1) where the application for a patent for invention or utility model does not
contain a written request, a specification (or a specification of utility model
without appended drawings) or a patent claim, or the application for a patent
for design does not contain a written request, drawings or photographs;
（二）未使用中文的；
(2) where the application is not written in Chinese;
（三）不符合本细则第一百二十条第一款规定的；
(3) where the application is not in conformity with Paragraph 1 of Article 120
of these Rules;
（四）请求书中缺少申请人姓名或者名称及地址的；
(4) where the written request does not contain the name or address of the
applicant;
（五）明显不符合专利法第十八条或者第十九条第一款的规定的；
(5) where the application is obviously not in conformity with Article 18 or
Paragraph 1 of Article 19 of the Patent Law;
（六）专利申请类别（发明、实用新型或者外观设计）不明确或者难以确定的。
(6) where the category (for invention, utility model or design) of the
application for a patent is not clear or is difficult to discern.
第四十一条 说明书中写有对附图的说明但无附图或者缺少部分附图的，申请人应当在国务院专利行政部门指定的期限内补交附图或者声明取消对附图的说明。
Article 41 Where the specification contains explanatory notes to the appended
drawings is submitted but the appended drawings or part of them are missing, the
applicant shall, within the time limit specified by the administrative
department for patent under the State Council, either re-submit the appended
drawings or make a declaration for the deletion of the explanatory notes to the
appended drawings.
申请人补交附图的，以向国务院专利行政部门提交或者邮寄附图之日为申请日；取消对附图的说明的，保留原申请日。
Where the appended drawings are re-submitted later, the date of their delivery
at, or mailing to, the administrative department for patent under the State
Council, shall be regarded as the application date; where the explanatory notes
to the appended drawings are deleted, the original application date shall be
reserved.
第四十二条 一件专利申请包括两项以上发明、实用新型或者外观设计的，申请人可以在本细则第五十四条第一款规定的期限届满前，向国务院专利行政部门提出分案申请；
Article 42 Where an application for a patent contains two or more inventions,
utility models or designs, the applicant may, prior to the expiry of the time
limit provided in Paragraph 1 of Article 54 of these Rules, submit to the
administrative department for patent under the State Council a request for
division of application.
但是，专利申请已经被驳回、撤回或者视为撤回的，不能提出分案申请。
However, if an application for a patent has been rejected, withdrawn or deemed
to have been withdrawn, the request for division of application may not be
submitted.
国务院专利行政部门认为一件专利申请不符合专利法第三十一条和本细则第三十五条或者第三十六条的规定的，应当通知申请人在指定期限内对其申请进行修改；
Where the administrative department for patent under the State Council
considers that the application for one patent as not in conformity with Article
31 of the Patent Law and Article 35 or Article 36 of these Rules, it shall
notify the applicant to amend the application within a specified time limit;
申请人期满未答复的，该申请视为撤回。 分案的申请不得改变原申请的类别。
where the applicant has not given any response at the expiry of the time
limit, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. The division of
application may not change the category of the original application.
第四十三条 依照本细则第四十二条规定提出的分案申请，可以保留原申请日，享有优先权的，可以保留优先权日，但是不得超出原申请公开的范围。
Article 43 For a division of application filed in accordance with Article 42
of these Rules, the original application date may be reserved and, if the right
of priority is enjoyed, the priority date may also be reserved, provided that
the division of application do not go beyond the scope of the original
application already made public.
分案申请应当依照专利法及本细则的规定办理有关手续。
When a division of application is filed, relevant formalities shall be
fulfilled in accordance with the Patent Law and these Rules.
分案申请的请求书中应当写明原申请的申请号和申请日。
The application number and the application date of the original application
shall be indicated in the written request for the division of application.
提交分案申请时，申请人应当提交原申请文件副本；
When submitting the division of application, the applicant shall submit a copy
of the original application document;
原申请享有优先权的，并应当提交原申请的优先权文件副本。
if the right of priority is enjoyed regarding the original application, the
applicant shall submit a copy of the priority document of the original
application as well.
第四十四条
专利法第三十四条和第四十条所称初步审查，是指审查专利申请是否具备专利法第二十六条或者第二十七条规定的文件和其他必要的文件，这些文件是否符合规定的格式，并审查下列各项：
Article 44 "Preliminary examination" mentioned in Article 34 and Article 40 of
the Patent Law means the examination of an application for a patent to see
whether or not it contains the documents provided in Article 26 or Article 27 of
the Patent Law and other necessary documents, and whether or not these documents
are in conformity with the provided format, which also includes an examination
of the following:
（一）发明专利申请是否明显属于专利法第五条、第二十五条的规定，或者不符合专利法第十八条、第十九条第一款的规定，或者明显不符合专利法第三十一条第一款、第三十三条、本细则第二条第一款、第十八条、第二十条的规定；
(1) whether an application for a patent for invention obviously falls under
Article 5 or Article 25 of the Patent Law, or is not in conformity with Article
18 or Paragraph 1 of Article 19 of the Patent Law, or is obviously not in
conformity with Paragraph 1 of Article 31, Article 33 of the Patent Law, or
Paragraph 1 of Article 2, Article 18, Article 20 of these Rules;
（二）实用新型专利申请是否明显属于专利法第五条、第二十五条的规定，或者不符合专利法第十八条、第十九条第一款的规定，或者明显不符合专利法第二十六条第三款、第四款、第三十一条第一款、第三十三条、本细则第二条第二款、第十三条第一款、第十八条至第二十三条、第四十三条第一款的规定，或者依照专利法第九条规定不能取得专利权；
(2) whether an application for a patent for utility model obviously falls
under Article 5 or Article 25 of the Patent Law, or is not in conformity with
the provisions of Article 18 or Paragraph 1 of Article 19 of the Patent Law, or
is obviously not in conformity with Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 26, Paragraph
1 of Article 31, Article 33 of the Patent Law, or Paragraph 2 of Article 2,
Paragraph 1 of Article 13, Articles 18 to 23, Paragraph 1 of Article 43 of these
Rules, or is not entitled to a patent right in accordance with Article 9 of the
Patent Law;
（三）外观设计专利申请是否明显属于专利法第五条的规定，或者不符合专利法第十八条、第十九条第一款的规定，或者明显不符合专利法第三十一条第二款、第三十三条、本细则第二条第三款、第十三条第一款、第四十三条第一款的规定，或者依照专利法第九条规定不能取得专利权。
(3) whether an application for a patent for design obviously falls under
Article 5 of the Patent Law, or is not in conformity with Article 18 or
Paragraph 1 of Article 19 of the Patent Law, or is obviously not in conformity
with Paragraph 2 of Article 31, Article 33 of the Patent Law, or Paragraph 3 of
Article 2, Paragraph 1 of Article 13 or Paragraph 1 of Article 43 of these
Rules, or is not entitled to a patent rights in accordance with Article 9 of the
Patent Law.
国务院专利行政部门应当将审查意见通知申请人，要求其在指定期限内陈述意见或者补正；
The administrative department for patent under the State Council shall notify
the applicant of its opinions from the examination of the application and
require him/it to state his/its opinions or to rectify his/its application
within a specified time limit.
申请人期满未答复的，其申请视为撤回。
Where the applicant has not given any response at the expiry of the time
limit, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
申请人陈述意见或者补正后，国务院专利行政部门仍然认为不符合前款所列各项规定的，应当予以驳回。
Where, after the applicant has stated opinions or made rectifications, the
administrative department for patent under the State Council still considers the
application not in conformity with any item in the preceding paragraph, the
application shall be rejected.
第四十五条 除专利申请文件外，申请人向国务院专利行政部门提交的与专利申请有关的其他文件，有下列情形之一的，视为未提交：
Article 45 In any of the following circumstances, any document relating to a
patent application, not including the patent application documents, which is
submitted to the administrative department for patent under the State Council,
shall be deemed to have not been submitted:
（一）未使用规定的格式或者填写不符合规定的；
(1) where the document is not presented in the provided format or the
indications therein are not in conformity with relevant provisions;
（二）未按照规定提交证明材料的。
(2) where no supporting document is submitted in accordance with relevant
provisions.
国务院专利行政部门应当将视为未提交的审查意见通知申请人。
The administrative department for patent under the State Council shall notify
the applicant of its opinions from examination if a document is deemed to have
not been submitted.
第四十六条 申请人请求早日公布其发明专利申请的，应当向国务院专利行政部门声明。
Article 46 Where the applicant requests an earlier publication of his/its
application for a patent for invention, a declaration shall be made to the
administrative department for patent under the State Council.
国务院专利行政部门对该申请进行初步审查后，除予以驳回的外，应当立即将申请予以公布。
The administrative department for patent under the State Council shall, after
its preliminary examination of the application, publish it immediately unless it
is to be rejected.
第四十七条 申请人依照专利法第二十七条的规定写明使用外观设计的产品及其所属类别时，应当使用国务院专利行政部门公布的外观设计产品分类表。
Article 47 The applicant shall, when indicating in accordance with Article 27
of the Patent Law the product incorporating the design and the category to which
that product belongs, refer to the classification of products for designs
published by the administrative department for patent under the State Council.
未写明使用外观设计的产品所属类别或者所写的类别不确切的，国务院专利行政部门可以予以补充或者修改。
Where no indication, or an incorrect indication, of the category to which the
product incorporating the design belongs is made, the administrative department
for patent under the State Council may supply the indication or correct it.
第四十八条 自发明专利申请公布之日起至公告授予专利权之日前，任何人均可以对不符合专利法规定的专利申请向国务院专利行政部门提出意见，并说明理由。
Article 48 Any person may, from the date of publishing an application for a
patent for invention until the date of announcing the grant of the patent right,
submit his opinions to the administrative department for patent under the State
Council, with the reasons thereof, on the application which is not in conformity
with the Patent Law.
第四十九条 发明专利申请人因有正当理由无法提交专利法第三十六条规定的检索资料或者审查结果资料的，应当向国务院专利行政部门声明，并在得到有关资料后补交。
Article 49 Where an applicant for a patent for invention cannot submit, for
justified reasons, the documents concerning any retrieval or the results of any
examination under Article 36 of the Patent Law, he/it shall make a declaration
to the administrative department for patent under the State Council to that
effect and submit those documents when obtained.
第五十条 国务院专利行政部门依照专利法第三十五条第二款的规定对专利申请自行进行审查时，应当通知申请人。
Article 50 The administrative department for patent under the State Council
shall, when examining an application for a patent at its own discretion in
accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 35 of the Patent Law, notify the
applicant accordingly.
第五十一条
发明专利申请人在提出实质审查请求时以及在收到国务院专利行政部门发出的发明专利申请进入实质审查阶段通知书之日起的３个月内，可以对发明专利申请主动提出修改。
Article 51 An applicant for a patent for invention may, when making a request
for substantial examination, or within 3 months into the stage of substantial
examination as of the receipt of the notification sent by the administrative
department for patent under the State Council regarding the entry of the
application for a patent for invention, amend the application for a patent for
invention at his/its own discretion.
实用新型或者外观设计专利申请人自申请日起２个月内，可以对实用新型或者外观设计专利申请主动提出修改。
Within 2 months as of the application date, the applicant for a patent for
utility model or design may amend the application for a patent for utility model
or design on his/its own initiative.
申请人在收到国务院专利行政部门发出的审查意见通知书后对专利申请文件进行修改的，应当按照通知书的要求进行修改。
Where the applicant amends his/its patent application documents upon his/its
receipt of the notification of the opinions from the examination which is sent
out by the administrative department for patent under the State Council, he/it
shall make the amendment in accordance with the requirements of the
notification.
国务院专利行政部门可以自行修改专利申请文件中文字和符号的明显错误。
The administrative department for patent under the State Council may amend the
obvious diction and symbol errors in the patent application documents at its own
discretion.
国务院专利行政部门自行修改的，应当通知申请人。
Where the administrative department for patent under the State Council has
made such amendment at its own discretion, it shall notify the applicant.
第五十二条 发明或者实用新型专利申请的说明书或者权利要求书的修改部分，除个别文字修改或者增删外，应当按照规定格式提交替换页。
Article 52 Where an amendment to the specification or the patent claim in an
application for a patent for invention or utility model is made, a replacement
sheet in the provided format shall be submitted, unless the amendment concerns
only the alteration, insertion or deletion of a few words.
外观设计专利申请的图片或者照片的修改，应当按照规定提交替换页。
Where an amendment to the drawings or photographs of an application for a
patent for design is made, a replacement sheet in the provided form shall be
submitted.
第五十三条 依照专利法第三十八条的规定，发明专利申请经实质审查应当予以驳回的情形是指：
Article 53 In accordance with Article 38 of the Patent Law, the circumstances
under which an application for a patent for invention shall, after substantial
examination, be rejected include:
（一）申请不符合本细则第二条第一款规定的；
(1) the application is not in conformity with Paragraph 1 of Article 2 of
these Rules;
（二）申请属于专利法第五条、第二十五条的规定，或者不符合专利法第二十二条、本细则第十三条第一款、第二十条第一款、第二十一条第二款的规定，或者依照专利法第九条规定不能取得专利权的；
(2) the application falls under Article 5, Article 25 of the Patent Law; or it
is not in conformity with Article 22 of the Patent Law, Paragraph 1 of Article
13, Paragraph 1 of Article 20, Paragraph 2 of Article 21 of these Rules; or the
applicant is not entitled to a patent right in accordance with Article 9 of the
Patent Law;
（三）申请不符合专利法第二十六条第三款、第四款或者第三十一条第一款的规定的；
(3) the application is not in conformity with Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 of
Article 26, or Paragraph 1 of Article 31 of the Patent Law;
（四）申请的修改不符合专利法第三十三条规定，或者分案的申请不符合本细则第四十三条第一款规定的。
(4) the amendment to the application is not in conformity with Article 33 of
the Patent Law, or the divisional application is not in conformity with
Paragraph 1 of Article 43 of these Rules.
第五十四条 国务院专利行政部门发出授予专利权的通知后，申请人应当自收到通知之日起２个月内办理登记手续。
Article 54 After the administrative department for patent under the State
Council issues the notification to grant the patent right, the applicant shall
fulfill the formalities of registration within 2 months as of the date of
receipt of the notification.
申请人按期办理登记手续的，国务院专利行政部门应当授予专利权，颁发专利证书，并予以公告。
If the applicant has fulfilled the formalities of registration within the
stated time limit, the administrative department for patent under the State
Council shall grant the patent right, issue the patent certificate, and announce
it.
期满未办理登记手续的，视为放弃取得专利权的权利。
Where the formalities of registration have not been fulfilled at the expiry of
the time limit, the applicant shall be deemed to have abandoned his/its right to
obtain the patent right.
第五十五条 授予实用新型专利权的决定公告后，实用新型专利权人可以请求国务院专利行政部门作出实用新型专利检索报告。
Article 55 After a decision on the grant of the patent for utility model has
been announced, the patent holder of the utility model may request the
administrative department for patent under the State Council to make a retrieval
report on the patent for utility model.
请求作出实用新型专利检索报告的，应当提交请求书，并指明实用新型专利的专利号。每项请求应当限于一项实用新型专利。
Anyone who makes a request for the retrieval report on the patent for utility
model shall submit the written request, and designate the patent number of the
patent for utility model. Such requests shall be limited to one for each patent
for utility model.
国务院专利行政部门收到作出实用新型专利检索报告的请求后，应当进行审查。请求不符合规定要求的，应当通知请求人在指定期限内补正。
The administrative department for patent under the State Council shall, upon
receipt of the request for the retrieval report on the patent for utility model,
carry out the examination, and shall notify the entity or individual who makes
the request to make a rectification within the specified time limit if the
request is not in conformity with the provided requirements.
第五十六条 经审查，实用新型专利检索报告请求书符合规定的，国务院专利行政部门应当及时作出实用新型专利检索报告。
Article 56 Where, upon examination, the written request for the retrieval
report on the patent for utility model is in conformity with the provisions, the
administrative department for patent under the State Council shall make the
retrieval report on the patent for utility model in the relevant time.
经检索，国务院专利行政部门认为所涉及的实用新型专利不符合专利法第二十二条关于新颖性或者创造性的规定的，应当引证对比文件，说明理由，并附具所引证对比文件的复印件。
Where, upon retrieval, the administrative department for patent under the
State Council considers the patent for utility model as not in conformity with
the provisions in Article 22 of the Patent Law on novelty or inventiveness, it
shall cite the comparative documents, state the reasons therefor, and affix the
copies of the cited comparative documents.
第五十七条 国务院专利行政部门对专利公告、专利文件中出现的错误，一经发现，应当及时更正，并对所作更正予以公告。
Article 57 The administrative department for patent under the State Council
shall, upon discovery of any error in the patent announcement or patent
document, correct it in time, and announce such a correction.
第四章 专利申请的复审与专利权的无效宣告
Chapter IV Reexamination of Patent Applications and Invalidation of Patent
Rights
第五十八条 专利复审委员会由国务院专利行政部门指定的技术专家和法律专家组成，主任委员由国务院专利行政部门负责人兼任。
Article 58 The Patent Re-examination Board shall consist of technical and
legal experts designated by the administrative department for patent under the
State Council. The person in charge of the administrative department for patent
under the State Council shall be the Chairman of the Board.
第五十九条 依照专利法第四十一条的规定向专利复审委员会请求复审的，应当提交复审请求书，说明理由，必要时还应当附具有关证据。
Article 59 Where the applicant requests the Patent Re-examination Board to
make a re-examination in accordance with Article 41 of the Patent Law, he/it
shall file a written request for re-examination and state the reasons therefor,
and shall, when necessary, affix relevant supporting documents.
复审请求书不符合规定格式的，复审请求人应当在专利复审委员会指定的期限内补正；
Where the written request for re-examination is not in conformity with the
provided format, the person making the request shall rectify it within the time
limit specified by the Patent Re-examination Board.
期满未补正的，该复审请求视为未提出。
Where no rectification has been made at the expiry of the time limit, the
request for re-examination shall be deemed to have not been filed.
第六十条 请求人在提出复审请求或者在对专利复审委员会的复审通知书作出答复时，可以修改专利申请文件；
Article 60 The entity or individual who makes the request may, when requesting
the re-examination on or a response to the notification from the Patent
Re-examination Board for re-examination, amend the patent application documents;
但是，修改应当仅限于消除驳回决定或者复审通知书指出的缺陷。
however, such amendment shall be only limited to the elimination of the
defects pointed out in the decision on rejection or the notification on
re-examination.
修改的专利申请文件应当提交一式两份。
Each of the amended patent application documents shall be in duplicate.
第六十一条 专利复审委员会应当将受理的复审请求书转交国务院专利行政部门原审查部门进行审查。
Article 61 The Patent Re-examination Board shall transfer the written request
for re-examination which it has accepted to the original examination department
of the administrative department for patent under the State Council for
examination.
原审查部门根据复审请求人的请求，同意撤销原决定的，专利复审委员会应当据此作出复审决定，并通知复审请求人。
Where the original examination department agrees to revoke its former decision
upon the request of the applicant requesting re-examination, the Patent
Re-examination Board shall make a re-examination decision accordingly and notify
the applicant.
第六十二条 专利复审委员会进行复审后，认为复审请求不符合专利法和本细则有关规定的，应当通知复审请求人，要求其在指定期限内陈述意见。
Article 62 Where the Patent Re-examination Board considers after
re-examination that the request is not in conformity with the Patent Law or
these Rules, it shall require the person requesting re-examination to state his
opinions within a specified time limit.
期满未答复的，该复审请求视为撤回；
Where no response has been made at the expiry of the time limit, the request
for re-examination shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
经陈述意见或者进行修改后，专利复审委员会认为仍不符合专利法和本细则有关规定的，应当作出维持原驳回决定的复审决定。
Where, after the opinions have been stated or the rectifications have been
made, the Patent Re-examination Board still considers the request as not in
conformity with the Patent Law or these Rules, it shall make a re-examination
decision sustaining the original decision of rejection.
专利复审委员会进行复审后，认为原驳回决定不符合专利法和本细则有关规定的，或者认为经过修改的专利申请文件消除了原驳回决定指出的缺陷的，应当撤销原驳回决定，由原审查部门继续进行审查程序。
Where the Patent Re-examination Board considers after re-examination that the
original decision on rejection is not in conformity with relevant provisions in
the Patent Law or these Rules, or considers that the defects pointed out in the
original decision on rejection have been eliminated from the amended patent
application documents, it shall revoke the original decision on rejection, and
the original examination department shall continue the examination procedures.
第六十三条 复审请求人在专利复审委员会作出决定前，可以撤回其复审请求。
Article 63 Before the Patent Re-examination Board makes a decision on the
request for re-examination, the person making the request may withdraw his
request for re-examination.
复审请求人在专利复审委员会作出决定前撤回其复审请求的，复审程序终止。
Where the person making the request withdraws his request for re-examination
before the Patent Re-examination Board makes a decision on the request, the
re-examination procedures shall be terminated.
第六十四条 依照专利法第四十五条的规定，请求宣告专利权无效或者部分无效的，应当向专利复审委员会提交专利权无效宣告请求书和必要的证据一式两份。
Article 64 Anyone requesting invalidation or partial invalidation of a patent
right in accordance with Article 45 of the Patent Law shall submit a written
request and necessary supporting documents in duplicate to the Patent
Re-examination Board.
无效宣告请求书应当结合提交的所有证据，具体说明无效宣告请求的理由，并指明每项理由所依据的证据。
The said written request shall, in combination of all the submitted supporting
documents, specifically state the reasons for the request for invalidation and
designate the evidence on which each reason is based.
前款所称无效宣告请求的理由，是指被授予专利的发明创造不符合专利法第二十二条、第二十三条、第二十六条第三款、第四款、第三十三条或者本细则第二条、第十三条第一款、第二十条第一款、第二十一条第二款的规定，或者属于专利法第五条、第二十五条的规定，或者依照专利法第九条规定不能取得专利权。
The reasons for the request for invalidation mentioned in the preceding
paragraph refers to when the invention-creation on which the patent right is
granted is not inconformity with Article 22, Article 23, Paragraph 3 and
Paragraph 4 of Article 26, Article 33 of the Patent Law or Article 2, Paragraph
1 of Article 13, Paragraph 1 of Article 20, Paragraph 2 of Article 21 of these
Rules, or falls under Article 5, Article 25 of the Patent Law, or the applicant
is not entitled to a patent right in accordance with Article 9 of the Patent
Law.
第六十五条 专利权无效宣告请求书不符合本细则第六十四条规定的，专利复审委员会不予受理。
Article 65 Where the written request for the invalidation of a patent right is
not in conformity with Article 64 of these Rules, the Patent Re-examination
Board shall not accept it.
在专利复审委员会就无效宣告请求作出决定之后，又以同样的理由和证据请求无效宣告的，专利复审委员会不予受理。
Where, after the Patent Re-examination Board has made a decision on the
request for invalidation, the person making the request again requests
invalidation with the same reason and evidence, the Patent Re-examination Board
shall not accept it.
以授予专利权的外观设计与他人在先取得的合法权利相冲突为理由请求宣告外观设计专利权无效，但是未提交生效的能够证明权利冲突的处理决定或者判决的，专利复审委员会不予受理。
Where anyone requests invalidation of a patent right for design with the
reason that the design on which the patent right is granted is in conflict with
the lawful rights obtained earlier by others, but fails to submit the effective
disposal decision or judgment which can prove the conflict of the rights, the
Patent Re-examination Board shall not accept it.
专利权无效宣告请求书不符合规定格式的，无效宣告请求人应当在专利复审委员会指定的期限内补正；
Where a written request for invalidation of a patent right is not conformity
with the provided format, the person making the request shall rectify it within
the time limit specified by the Patent Re-examination Board.
期满未补正的，该无效宣告请求视为未提出。
Where no rectification has been made at the expiry of the time limit, the
request for invalidation shall be deemed to have not been filed.
第六十六条 在专利复审委员会受理无效宣告请求后，请求人可以在提出无效宣告请求之日起１个月内增加理由或者补充证据。
Article 66 After the Patent Re-examination Board has accepted the request for
invalidation, the person making the request may, within 1 month as of the day
when he filed the request for invalidation, increase the reasons or supplement
the evidence.
逾期增加理由或者补充证据的，专利复审委员会可以不予考虑。
Where the reasons are increased or the evidence is supplemented after the
expiry of the time limit, the Patent Re-examination Board need not take the
request into account.
第六十七条 专利复审委员会应当将专利权无效宣告请求书和有关文件的副本送交专利权人，要求其在指定的期限内陈述意见。
Article 67 The Patent Re-examination Board shall deliver the written request
for the invalidation of a patent right and the copies of relevant documents to
the patent holder, requiring him/it to state opinions within a specified time
limit.
专利权人和无效宣告请求人应当在指定期限内答复专利复审委员会发出的转送文件通知书或者无效宣告请求审查通知书；
The patent holder and the person making the request for invalidation shall,
within a specified time limit, make a response to the notification on
transmitting the documents sent by the Patent Re-examination Board or the
notification on examining the request for invalidation;
期满未答复的，不影响专利复审委员会审理。
where no response has been made at the expiry of the time limit, the hearing
of the Patent Re-examination Board shall not be affected.
第六十八条 在无效宣告请求的审查过程中，发明或者实用新型专利的专利权人可以修改其权利要求书，但是不得扩大原专利的保护范围。
Article 68 The patent holder of a patent for invention or utility model may,
in the process of the examination on the request for invalidation, amend his/its
patent claim, provided that the protection scope of the original patent shall
not be extended.
发明或者实用新型专利的专利权人不得修改专利说明书和附图，外观设计专利的专利权人不得修改图片、照片和简要说明。
The patent holder of a patent for invention or utility model shall not amend
the specification or the appended drawings of a patent, and the patent holder of
patent for design shall not amend the drawings, photographs or brief
explanation.
第六十九条 专利复审委员会根据当事人的请求或者案情需要，可以决定对无效宣告请求进行口头审理。
Article 69 The Patent Re-examination Board may, upon the request of the party
concerned or the needs of the case, decide to hear the request for invalidation
orally.
专利复审委员会决定对无效宣告请求进行口头审理的，应当向当事人发出口头审理通知书，告知举行口头审理的日期和地点。当事人应当在通知书指定的期限内作出答复。
Where the Patent Re-examination Board decides to hear the request for
invalidation orally, it shall send a notification on the oral hearing to the
party concerned, informing the date and place for holding the oral hearing. The
party concerned shall make a response within the time limit specified in the
notification.
无效宣告请求人对专利复审委员会发出的口头审理通知书在指定的期限内未作答复，并且不参加口头审理的，其无效宣告请求视为撤回；专利权人不参加口头审理的，可以缺席审理。
Where the person making the request for invalidation has not made any response
within the time limit specified in the notification on oral hearing sent by the
Patent Re-examination Board, and does not participate in the oral hearing, the
request for invalidation shall be deemed to have been withdrawn; where the
patent holder does not participate in the oral hearing, the case may be heard by
default.
第七十条 在无效宣告请求审查程序中，专利复审委员会指定的期限不得延长。
Article 70 During the procedures for examination of the request for
invalidation, the time limit specified by the Patent Re-examination Board shall
not be extended.
第七十一条 专利复审委员会对无效宣告的请求作出决定前，无效宣告请求人可以撤回其请求。
Article 71 Before the Patent Re-examination Board makes a decision on the
request for invalidation, the person making the request may withdraw such a
request.
无效宣告请求人在专利复审委员会作出决定之前撤回其请求的，无效宣告请求审查程序终止。
Where the person making the request for invalidation withdraws his request
before the Patent Re-examination Board makes the decision, the procedures for
examining the request for invalidation shall be terminated.
第五章 专利实施的强制许可
Chapter V Compulsory License for Exploitation of Patent
第七十二条 自专利权被授予之日起满３年后，任何单位均可以依照专利法第四十八条的规定，请求国务院专利行政部门给予强制许可。
Article 72 After the expiry of 3 years from the grant of a patent right, any
entity may, in accordance with Article 48 of the Patent Law, request the
administrative department for patent under the State Council to grant a
compulsory license.
请求强制许可的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提交强制许可请求书，说明理由并附具有关证明文件各一式两份。
Anyone who requests a compulsory license shall submit to the administrative
department for patent under the State Council a written request for compulsory
license and state the reasons therefor, together with relevant supporting
documents. The written request and the supporting documents shall all be
prepared in duplicate respectively.
国务院专利行政部门应当将强制许可请求书的副本送交专利权人，专利权人应当在国务院专利行政部门指定的期限内陈述意见；期满未答复的，不影响国务院专利行政部门作出关于强制许可的决定。
The administrative department for patent under the State Council shall send a
copy of the written request for compulsory license to the patent holder. The
patent holder shall state his/its opinions within the time limit specified by
the administrative department for patent under the State Council. Where no
response has been made at the expiry of the time limit, the administrative
department for patent under the State Council shall not be affected in making a
decision to grant a compulsory license.
国务院专利行政部门作出的给予实施强制许可的决定，应当限定强制许可实施主要是为供应国内市场的需要；
The decision made by the administrative department for patent under the State
Council on granting a compulsory license for exploitation shall define that the
compulsory license for exploitation is mainly for supplying the needs in
domestic market;
强制许可涉及的发明创造是半导体技术的，强制许可实施仅限于公共的非商业性使用，或者经司法程序或者行政程序确定为反竞争行为而给予救济的使用。
where the invention-creation involved in the compulsory license is a
semi-conducting technology, the compulsory license for exploitation shall be
limited to be used for a public and non-commercial purpose, or to be used for
the purpose of remedying the anti-competition acts determined in judicial or
administrative procedures.
第七十三条 依照专利法第五十四条的规定，请求国务院专利行政部门裁决使用费数额的，当事人应当提出裁决请求书，并附具双方不能达成协议的证明文件。
Article 73 In accordance with Article 54 of the Patent Law, if anyone requests
the administrative department for patent under the State Council to rule the
amount of the exploitation fee, the party concerned shall submit the written
request for a ruling, and affix the certified documents on both parties' failure
to reach the agreement.
国务院专利行政部门应当自收到请求书之日起３个月内作出裁决，并通知当事人。
The administrative department for patent under the State Council shall, within
3 months as of its receipt of the written request, make the ruling, and notify
the party concerned.
第六章 对职务发明创造的发明人或者设计人的奖励和报酬
Chapter VI Rewards and Remuneration to Inventor or Designer of Service
Invention-creation
第七十四条 被授予专利权的国有企业事业单位应当自专利权公告之日起３个月内发给发明人或者设计人奖金。
Article 74 A state-owned enterprise or institution which has been granted a
patent right shall, within 3 months as of the announcement of the patent right,
award the inventor or designer a money prize.
一项发明专利的奖金最低不少于２０００元；一项实用新型专利或者外观设计专利的奖金最低不少于５００元。
The sum of money prize for a patent for invention shall be no less than 2,000
Yuan; the sum of money prize for a patent for utility model or design shall be
no less than 500 Yuan.
由于发明人或者设计人的建议被其所属单位采纳而完成的发明创造，被授予专利权的国有企业事业单位应当从优发给奖金。
Where an invention-creation was made on the basis of an inventor's or
designer's proposal adopted by the entity to which he belongs, the state-owned
enterprise or institution which has been granted a patent right shall award to
him a money higher prize liberally.
发给发明人或者设计人的奖金，企业可以计入成本，事业单位可以从事业费中列支。
Any enterprise holding the patent right may include the said money prize paid
to such inventors or designers into its production cost; any institution holding
the patent right may disburse the said money prize out of its operating
expenses.
第七十五条
被授予专利权的国有企业事业单位在专利权有效期限内，实施发明创造专利后，每年应当从实施该项发明或者实用新型专利所得利润纳税后提取不低于２％或者从实施该项外观设计专利所得利润纳税后提取不低于０．２％，作为报酬支付发明人或者设计人；或者参照上述比例，发给发明人或者设计人一次性报酬。
Article 75 A state-owned enterprise or institution which has been granted a
patent right shall, after exploiting the patent for invention-creation and
within the duration of the patent right, draw each year from any increase in
profits after taxation a percentage of no less than 2% due to the exploitation
of the patent for invention or utility model, or a percentage of no less than
0.2% due to the exploitation of the patent for design, and award it to the
inventor or designer as remuneration. The entity may, otherwise, by making
reference to the above said percentage, award a lump sum of money to the
inventor or designer as remuneration.
第七十六条
被授予专利权的国有企业事业单位许可其他单位或者个人实施其专利的，应当从许可实施该项专利收取的使用费纳税后提取不低于１０％作为报酬支付发明人或者设计人。
Article 76 Where a state-owned enterprise or institution which has been
granted a patent right authorizes other entities or individuals to exploit the
patent, it shall, after taxation, draw a percentage of no less than 10% from the
fee which is charged from the license of exploitation of this patent and award
it to the inventor or designer as remuneration.
第七十七条 本章关于奖金和报酬的规定，中国其他单位可以参照执行。
Article 77 Other Chinese entities may award money prizes and remuneration by
making reference to the provisions in this Chapter.
第七章 专利权的保护
Chapter VII Protection of Patent Rights
第七十八条
专利法和本细则所称管理专利工作的部门，是指由省、自治区、直辖市人民政府以及专利管理工作量大又有实际处理能力的设区的市人民政府设立的管理专利工作的部门。
Article 78 The department for the administration of patent work mentioned in
the Patent Law and these Rules means the department established by the people's
government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the
Central Government, or the people's government of a city divided into districts
with a large amount of patent administrative work and actual ability to conduct
the administration of patent work.
第七十九条 除专利法第五十七条规定的外，管理专利工作的部门应当事人请求，还可以对下列专利纠纷进行调解：
Article 79 In addition to the provisions in Article 57 of the Patent Law, the
department for the administration of patent work may, upon request of the party
concerned, conciliate the following patent disputes:
（一）专利申请权和专利权归属纠纷；
(1) disputes on the ownership of the right of patent application and the
patent right;
（二）发明人、设计人资格纠纷；
(2) disputes on the qualification as an inventor or designer;
（三）职务发明的发明人、设计人的奖励和报酬纠纷；
(3) disputes on the rewards or remuneration to the inventor or designer of a
service invention;
（四）在发明专利申请公布后专利权授予前使用发明而未支付适当费用的纠纷。
(4) disputes on the use of an invention by failing to pay proper fees after
the application for a patent for invention has been published but before the
patent right is granted.
对于前款第（四）项所列的纠纷，专利权人请求管理专利工作的部门调解，应当在专利权被授予之后提出。
For the disputes enumerated in Item (4) of the preceding paragraph, the patent
holder shall, if requesting the department for the administration of patent work
for conciliation, make such a request after the patent right is granted.
第八十条 国务院专利行政部门应当对管理专利工作的部门处理和调解专利纠纷进行业务指导。
Article 80 The administrative department for patent under the State Council
shall provide professional guidance to the department for the administration of
patent work for disposing and conciliating patent disputes.
第八十一条 当事人请求处理或者调解专利纠纷的，由被请求人所在地或者侵权行为地的管理专利工作的部门管辖。
Article 81 Where a party concerned requests disposal or conciliation of a
patent dispute, such a request shall be under the jurisdiction of the department
for the administration of patent work in the place where the respondent is
located or where the infringement took place.
两个以上管理专利工作的部门都有管辖权的专利纠纷，当事人可以向其中一个管理专利工作的部门提出请求；
For a patent dispute over which two or more departments for the administration
of patent work have jurisdiction, the party concerned may make a request to one
of them;
当事人向两个以上有管辖权的管理专利工作的部门提出请求的，由最先受理的管理专利工作的部门管辖。
where the party concerned requests two or more of departments for the
administration of patent work with the jurisdiction, the dispute shall be
handled under the jurisdiction of the department for the administration of
patent work that first accepts it.
管理专利工作的部门对管辖权发生争议的，由其共同的上级人民政府管理专利工作的部门指定管辖；无共同上级人民政府管理专利工作的部门的，由国务院专利行政部门指定管辖。
In case of a jurisdictional dispute between the departments for the
administration of patent work, it shall be designated by the department for the
administration of patent work under the people's government at a higher level
over both jurisdictions; where there is no such department for the
administration of patent work under the people's government at a higher level
over both, jurisdiction shall be designated by the administrative department for
patent under the State Council.
第八十二条 在处理专利侵权纠纷过程中，被请求人提出无效宣告请求并被专利复审委员会受理的，可以请求管理专利工作的部门中止处理。
Article 82 Where, in the process of disposing a dispute on patent
infringement, the respondent has made the request for invalidation and has been
accepted by the Patent Re-examination Board, he/it may request the department
for the administration of patent work to suspend the disposal.
管理专利工作的部门认为被请求人提出的中止理由明显不能成立的，可以不中止处理。
Where the department for the administration of patent work considers that the
reason for suspension given by the respondent is obviously untenable, it may
refuse to suspend the disposal.
第八十三条 专利权人依照专利法第十五条的规定，在其专利产品或者该产品的包装上标明专利标记的，应当按照国务院专利行政部门规定的方式予以标明。
Article 83 Where the patent holder indicates a patent mark on the patented
product or on the package of that product in accordance with Article 15 of the
Patent Law, he/it shall do so in accordance with the method provided by the
administrative department for patent under the State Council.
第八十四条 下列行为属于假冒他人专利的行为：
Article 84 Any of the following acts shall be the act of passing the patent to
another person:
（一）未经许可，在其制造或者销售的产品、产品的包装上标注他人的专利号；
(1) without permission, marking the patent number of another person on the
product produced or sold by himself/itself or on the package of that product;
（二）未经许可，在广告或者其他宣传材料中使用他人的专利号，使人将所涉及的技术误认为是他人的专利技术；
(2) without permission, using the patent number of another person in the
advertisement or other propaganda materials, thus causing people to mistake the
technology involved with the other person's patented technology;
（三）未经许可，在合同中使用他人的专利号，使人将合同涉及的技术误认为是他人的专利技术；
(3) without permission, using the patent number of another person in the
contract, thus causing people to mistake the technology involved in the contract
with the other person's patented technology;
（四）伪造或者变造他人的专利证书、专利文件或者专利申请文件。
(4) forging or altering the patent certificate, patent documents or patent
application documents of another person.
第八十五条 下列行为属于以非专利产品冒充专利产品、以非专利方法冒充专利方法的行为：
Article 85 Any of the following acts shall be the act of passing an unpatented
product off as patented product or passing an unpatented process off as patented
process:
（一）制造或者销售标有专利标记的非专利产品；
(1) producing or selling an unpatented product marked with a patent mark;
（二）专利权被宣告无效后，继续在制造或者销售的产品上标注专利标记；
(2) after a patent right has been declared invalid, continuing to mark a
patent mark on the product produced or sold by himself;
（三）在广告或者其他宣传材料中将非专利技术称为专利技术；
(3) declaring an unpatented technology in the advertisement or other
propaganda materials to be a patented technology;
（四）在合同中将非专利技术称为专利技术；
(4) declaring an unpatented technology in the contract to be a patented
technology;
（五）伪造或者变造专利证书、专利文件或者专利申请文件。
(5) forging or altering the patent certificate, patent documents or patent
application documents.
第八十六条 当事人因专利申请权或者专利权的归属发生纠纷，已请求管理专利工作的部门处理或者向人民法院起诉的，可以请求国务院专利行政部门中止有关程序。
Article 86 Where a party concerned, in case of a dispute due to the ownership
of a right of patent application or a patent right, has requested the department
for the administration of patent work for disposal or has initiated a lawsuit to
the people's court, he may request the administrative department for patent
under the State Council to suspend relevant procedures.
依照前款规定请求中止有关程序的，应当向国务院专利行政部门提交请求书，并附具管理专利工作的部门或者人民法院的有关受理文件副本。
Anyone who requests suspension of relevant procedures in accordance with the
preceding paragraph shall submit the written request to the administrative
department for patent under the State Council, and affix the copies of relevant
acceptance documents by the department for the administration of patent work or
the people's court.
在管理专利工作的部门作出的处理决定或者人民法院作出的判决生效后，当事人应当向国务院专利行政部门办理恢复有关程序的手续。自请求中止之日起１年内，有关专利申请权或者专利权归属的纠纷未能结案，需要继续中止有关程序的，请求人应当在该期限内请求延长中止。期满未请求延长的，国务院专利行政部门自行恢复有关程序。
After the disposal decision made by the department for the administration of
patent work or the judgment made by the people's court has been enforced, the
party concerned shall fulfill the formalities for recovering relevant procedures
in the administrative department for patent under the State Council. Where,
within 1 year as of the date of requesting suspension, a dispute relating to the
ownership of the right of patent application or the patent right has still not
been settled, and it is necessary to continue to suspend relevant procedures,
the person making the request shall request an extension of the suspension
within this time limit. Where he has not requested the extension at the expiry
of the time limit, the administrative department for patent under the State
Council shall recover relevant procedures at its own discretion.
第八十七条
人民法院在审理民事案件中裁定对专利权采取保全措施的，国务院专利行政部门在协助执行时中止被保全的专利权的有关程序。保全期限届满，人民法院没有裁定继续采取保全措施的，国务院专利行政部门自行恢复有关程序。
Article 87 Where the people's court has ordered to adopt preservative measures
over a patent right in the trial of a civil case, the administrative department
for patent under the State Council shall suspend relevant procedures for the
preserved patent right when assisting in its enforcement. Where, at the expiry
of the preservation period, the people's court has not ordered to continue to
adopt the preservative measures, the administrative department for patent under
the State Council shall recover relevant procedures at its own discretion.
第八章 专利登记和专利公报
Chapter VIII Patent Registration and Patent Gazette
第八十八条 国务院专利行政部门设置专利登记簿，登记下列与专利申请和专利权有关的事项：
Article 88 The administrative department for patent under the State Council
shall maintain a Patent Register in which the following matters relating to a
patent application and patent right shall be registered:
（一）专利权的授予；
(1) grant of the patent right;
（二）专利申请权、专利权的转移；
(2) devolution of the right of patent application or the patent right;
（三）专利权的质押、保全及其解除；
(3) pledge, preservation and cancellation of the patent right;
（四）专利实施许可合同的备案；
(4) record of contracts on the license for exploitation of a patent;
（五）专利权的无效宣告；
(5) invalidation of the patent right;
（六）专利权的终止；
(6) termination of the patent right;
（七）专利权的恢复；
(7) recovery of the patent right;
（八）专利实施的强制许可；
(8) compulsory license for exploitation of the patent;
（九）专利权人的姓名或者名称、国籍和地址的变更。
(9) changes on the name, nationality or address of the patent holder.
第八十九条 国务院专利行政部门定期出版专利公报，公布或者公告下列内容：
Article 89 The administrative department for patent under the State Council
shall publish the Patent Gazette at regular intervals, publishing or announcing
the following:
（一）专利申请中记载的著录事项；
(1) the bibliographic data contained in patent applications;
（二）发明或者实用新型说明书的摘要，外观设计的图片或者照片及其简要说明；
(2) the abstract of the specification of an invention or utility model, the
drawings or photographs of a design and its brief explanation;
（三）发明专利申请的实质审查请求和国务院专利行政部门对发明专利申请自行进行实质审查的决定；
(3) the request for substantial examination of an application for a patent for
invention and any decision made by the administrative department for patent
under the State Council to proceed at its own discretion to examine as to
substance an application for a patent for invention;
（四）保密专利的解密；
(4) declassification of secret patents;
（五）发明专利申请公布后的驳回、撤回和视为撤回；
(5) rejection and withdrawal of an application or an application deemed to be
withdrawn for a patent for invention after its publication;
（六）专利权的授予；
(6) grant of the patent right;
（七）专利权的无效宣告；
(7) invalidation of the patent right;
（八）专利权的终止；
(8) termination of the patent right;
（九）专利申请权、专利权的转移；
(9) devolution of the right of patent application or a patent right;
（十）专利实施许可合同的备案；
(10) record of contracts on the license for exploitation of a patent;
（十一）专利权的质押、保全及其解除；
(11) pledge, preservation and cancellation of the patent right;
（十二）专利实施的强制许可的给予；
(12) grant of compulsory license for exploitation of the patent;
（十三）专利申请或者专利权的恢复；
(13) recovery of a patent application or patent right;
（十四）专利权人的姓名或者名称、地址的变更；
(14) changes on the name or address of the patent holder;
（十五）对地址不明的当事人的通知；
(15) notification to the party concerned whose address is unknown;
（十六）国务院专利行政部门作出的更正；
(16) rectifications made by the administrative department for patent under the
State Council;
（十七）其他有关事项。
(17) other relevant matters.
发明或者实用新型的说明书及其附图、权利要求书由国务院专利行政部门另行全文出版。
The specifications, appended drawings and patent claims of inventions or
utility models shall be separately published in full by the administrative
department for patent under the State Council.
第九章 费 用
Chapter IX Fees
第九十条 向国务院专利行政部门申请专利和办理其他手续时，应当缴纳下列费用：
Article 90 For filing an application for a patent with or fulfilling other
related formalities in the administrative department for patent under the State
Council, the following fees shall be charged:
（一）申请费、申请附加费、公布印刷费；
(1) application fee, additional fee for application, publishing and printing
fee;
（二）发明专利申请实质审查费、复审费；
(2) fee for substantial examination of an application for a patent for
invention and re-examination fee;
（三）专利登记费、公告印刷费、申请维持费、年费；
(3) patent registration fee, fee for announcement and printing, fee for
maintaining the application and annual fee;
（四）著录事项变更费、优先权要求费、恢复权利请求费、延长期限请求费、实用新型专利检索报告费；
(4) fee for a change in the bibliographic data, fee for claiming the right of
priority, fee for requesting recovery of rights, fee for requesting extension of
time limit, fee for the retrieval report on the patent for utility model;
（五）无效宣告请求费、中止程序请求费、强制许可请求费、强制许可使用费的裁决请求费。
(5) fee for requesting invalidation, fee for requesting suspension of
procedures, fee for requesting compulsory license, fee for requesting a ruling
on exploitation fee of a compulsory license.
前款所列各种费用的缴纳标准，由国务院价格管理部门会同国务院专利行政部门规定。
The standards for the payment of all fees enumerated in the preceding
paragraph shall be stipulated by the administrative department for price under
the State Council jointly with the administrative department for patent under
the State Council.
第九十一条 专利法和本细则规定的各种费用，可以直接向国务院专利行政部门缴纳，也可以通过邮局或者银行汇付，或者以国务院专利行政部门规定的其他方式缴纳。
Article 91 The fees provided in the Patent Law and in these Rules may be paid
directly to the administrative department for patent under the State Council or
remitted by bank or post, or be paid by other means stipulated by the
administrative department for patent under the State Council.
通过邮局或者银行汇付的，应当在送交国务院专利行政部门的汇单上写明正确的申请号或者专利号以及缴纳的费用名称。不符合本款规定的，视为未办理缴费手续。
Where a fee is remitted by bank or post, the correct application number or
patent number and the names of the paid fees shall be indicated in the
remittance slip submitted to the administrative department for patent under the
State Council. In case of any inconsistency with the provisions in this
Paragraph, it shall be deemed that the payment formalities have not been
fulfilled.
直接向国务院专利行政部门缴纳费用的，以缴纳当日为缴费日。以邮局汇付方式缴纳费用的，以邮局汇出的邮戳日为缴费日。以银行汇付方式缴纳费用的，以银行实际汇出日为缴费日；但是，自汇出日至国务院专利行政部门收到日超过１５日的，除邮局或者银行出具证明外，以国务院专利行政部门收到日为缴费日。
Where the fees are directly paid to the administrative department for patent
under the State Council, the date when the payment was made shall be regarded as
the payment date. Where the fees are remitted by post, the date of mailing
indicated by the postmark shall be regarded as the payment date. Where the fees
are remitted by bank, the date of actual remittance by the bank shall be
regarded as the payment date; however, if the period from the remittance date to
the date of receipt by the administrative department for patent under the State
Council has exceeded 15 days, the date of receipt by the administrative
department for patent under the State Council shall be regarded as the payment
date unless the post office or the bank has issued an attestation.
多缴、重缴、错缴专利费用的，当事人可以自缴费日起１年内，向国务院专利行政部门提出退款请求。
Where any patent fee is over-paid, re-paid or wrongly paid, the party
concerned may, within 1 year as of the payment date, claim a refund to the
administrative department for patent under the State Council.
第九十二条 申请人应当在收到受理通知书后，最迟自申请之日起２个月内缴纳申请费、公布印刷费和必要的附加费；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，其申请视为撤回。
Article 92 The applicant shall, after receipt of the notification of
acceptance of the application, pay the application fee, publishing and printing
fee and necessary additional fee at the latest within 2 months as of the
application date. Where the fee has not been paid or fully paid at the expiry of
the time limit, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
申请人要求优先权的，应当在缴纳申请费的同时缴纳优先权要求费；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未要求优先权。
The applicant who claims the right of priority shall pay the fee for claiming
the right of priority at the same time with the payment of the application fee.
Where the fee has not been paid or fully paid at the expiry of the time limit,
the right of priority shall be deemed to have not been claimed.
第九十三条 当事人请求实质审查、恢复权利或者复审的，应当在专利法及本细则规定的相关期限内缴纳费用；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未提出请求。
Article 93 Where a party concerned requests substantial examination, recovery
of right or re-examination, the relevant fee shall be paid within the time limit
for such requests as provided respectively by the Patent Law and these Rules.
Where the fee has not been paid or fully paid at the expiry of the time limit,
the request shall be deemed to have not been made.
第九十四条 发明专利申请人自申请日起满２年尚未被授予专利权的，自第三年度起应当缴纳申请维持费。
Article 94 Where an applicant for a patent for invention has not been granted
a patent right within 2 years as of the application date, he/it shall pay a fee
for the maintenance of the application as of the third year.
第九十五条
申请人办理登记手续时，应当缴纳专利登记费、公告印刷费和授予专利权当年的年费。发明专利申请人应当一并缴纳各个年度的申请维持费，授予专利权的当年不包括在内。期满未缴纳费用的，视为未办理登记手续。以后的年费应当在前一年度期满前１个月内预缴。
Article 95 When the applicant fulfills the formalities of patent registration,
he/it shall pay a fee for patent registration, a fee for announcement and
printing and the annual fee for the year in which the patent right was granted.
The applicant for a patent for invention shall pay each year's fee for
maintaining the application in lump sum, excluding the year when the patent
right is granted. Where such fees have not been paid at the expiry of the time
limit, the formalities of patent registration shall be deemed to have not been
fulfilled. The subsequent annual fees shall be paid in advance within a month
before the expiry of the preceding year.
第九十六条
专利权人未按时缴纳授予专利权当年以后的年费或者缴纳的数额不足的，国务院专利行政部门应当通知专利权人自应当缴纳年费期满之日起６个月内补缴，同时缴纳滞纳金；滞纳金的金额按照每超过规定的缴费时间１个月，加收当年全额年费的５％计算；期满未缴纳的，专利权自应当缴纳年费期满之日起终止。
Article 96 Where the annual fee of the application or the annual fee for
subsequent years after the patent has been granted is not paid in due time by
the patent holder, or the fees are not fully paid, the administrative department
for patent under the State Council shall notify the patent holder to rectify the
insufficiency within 6 months as of the expiry of the time limit within which
the annual fee was to be paid, and at the same time pay a surcharge, the amount
of which to be calculated by charging an additional 5% of the total amount of
the annual fee for that year for each month exceeding the provided payment date.
Where the fees have not been paid at the expiry of the time limit, the patent
right shall be terminated as of the expiry of the time limit within which the
annual fee should be paid.
第九十七条
著录事项变更费、实用新型专利检索报告费、中止程序请求费、强制许可请求费、强制许可使用费的裁决请求费、无效宣告请求费应当自提出请求之日起１个月内，按照规定缴纳；延长期限请求费应当在相应期限届满之日前缴纳；期满未缴纳或者未缴足的，视为未提出请求。
Article 97 The fee for a change in the bibliographic data, fee for the
retrieval report on the patent for utility model, fee for requesting the
suspension of procedures, fee for requesting compulsory license, fee for
requesting a ruling on exploitation fee of a compulsory license and fee for
requesting invalidation shall be paid as stipulated within 1 month as of the
date on which such request is made. The fee for requesting the extension of time
limit shall be paid prior to the date of expiry of the corresponding time limit.
Where the fee has not been paid or fully paid at the expiry of the time limit,
the request shall be deemed to have not been made.
第九十八条
申请人或者专利权人缴纳本细则规定的各种费用有困难的，可以按照规定向国务院专利行政部门提出减缴或者缓缴的请求。减缴或者缓缴的办法由国务院专利行政部门商国务院财政部门、国务院价格管理部门规定。
Article 98 Where an applicant or patent holder has difficulties in paying the
various fees provided in these Rules, he/it may, in accordance with relevant
provisions, submit a request to the administrative department for patent under
the State Council, asking for a reduction or postponement of the payment. The
measures for the reduction and postponement of the payment shall be stipulated
by the administrative department for patent under the State Council through
discussion with the financial department under the State Council and the
administrative department for price under the State Council.
第十章 关于国际申请的特别规定
Chapter X Special Provisions on International Application
第九十九条 国务院专利行政部门根据专利法第二十条规定，受理按照专利合作条约提出的专利国际申请。
Article 99 The administrative department for patent under the State Council
shall, in accordance with Article 20 of the Patent Law, accept the international
applications for patent filed in accordance with Patent Cooperation Treaty.
按照专利合作条约提出并指定中国的专利国际申请（以下简称国际申请）进入中国国家阶段的条件和程序适用本章的规定；
The conditions and procedures for international applications for patent which
are filed in accordance with Patent Cooperation Treaty and designated as China
(hereinafter referred to as "international application"), to enter the National
Phase in China, shall be subject to the provisions in this Chapter;
本章没有规定的，适用专利法及本细则其他各章的有关规定。
where there are no relevant provisions in this Chapter, they shall be subject
to the relevant provisions in the Patent Law and other Chapters of these Rules.
第一百条 按照专利合作条约已确定国际申请日并指定中国的国际申请，视为向国务院专利行政部门提出的专利申请，该国际申请日视为专利法第二十八条所称的申请日。
Article 100 An international application on which the international
application date has been determined in accordance with the Patent Cooperation
Treaty and which has designated China shall be deemed to be an application filed
to the administrative department for patent under the State Council, and the
international application date shall be deemed to be the application date
mentioned in Article 28 of the Patent Law.
在国际阶段，国际申请或者国际申请中对中国的指定撤回或者视为撤回的，该国际申请在中国的效力终止。
Where, in the International Phase, an international application or the
designation of China in the international application is withdrawn or is deemed
to have been withdrawn, the effectiveness of the international application shall
be terminated in China.
第一百零一条
国际申请的申请人应当在专利合作条约第二条所称的优先权日（本章简称“优先权日”）起２０个月内，向国务院专利行政部门办理国际申请进入中国国家阶段的下列手续；
Article 101 The applicant of an international application shall, within 20
months as of the priority date mentioned in Article 2 of the Patent Cooperation
Treaty (which is referred to as "priority date" in this Chapter), fulfill the
following formalities for the international application to enter the National
Phase in China to the administrative department for patent under the State
Council;
国际申请在优先权日起１９个月内选定中国并且该选定继续有效的，国际申请的申请人应当在优先权日起３０个月内，向国务院专利行政部门办理国际申请进入中国国家阶段的下列手续：
where the international application has selected China within 19 months as of
the priority date and the selection continues to be effective, the applicant of
the international application shall, within 30 months as of the priority date,
fulfill the following formalities for the international application to enter the
National Phase in China to the administrative department for patent under the
State Council:
（一）提交其国际申请进入中国国家阶段的书面声明。声明中应当写明国际申请号，并以中文写明要求获得的专利权类型、发明创造的名称、申请人姓名或者名称、申请人的地址和发明人的姓名，上述内容应当与国际局的记录一致；
(1) submit the written declaration of the international application to enter
the National Phase in China; the international application number shall be
indicated in the declaration, and the type of patent right which is required to
be obtained, the name of the invention-creation, the name of the applicant, the
address of the applicant and the name of the inventor shall be indicated in
Chinese; the above-mentioned contents shall be consistent with the records in
the International Bureau;
（二）缴纳本细则第九十条第一款规定的申请费、申请附加费和公布印刷费；
(2) pay the application fee, additional fee for application and publishing and
printing fee provided in Paragraph 1 of Article 90 of these Rules;
（三）国际申请以中文以外的文字提出的，应当提交原始国际申请的说明书、权利要求书、附图中的文字和摘要的中文译文；国际申请以中文提出的，应当提交国际公布文件中的摘要副本；
(3) submit the Chinese translation of the words in the specification, the
patent claim, and the appended drawings and of the abstract of the international
application which is filed in a language other than Chinese; or submit a copy of
the abstract in the international publishing document if the international
application is filed in Chinese;
（四）国际申请有附图的，应当提交附图副本。国际申请以中文提出的，应当提交国际公布文件中的摘要附图副本。
(4) submit a copy of the appended drawing if there is any in the international
application; and submitting copies of the drawings appended to the abstract in
the international publishing document if the international application is filed
in Chinese.
申请人在前款规定的期限内未办理进入中国国家阶段手续的，在缴纳宽限费后，可以在自优先权日起２２个月或者３２个月的相应期限届满前办理。
Where the applicant fails to fulfill the formalities for the entry of the
National Phase in China within the time limit provided in the preceding
paragraph, he/it may, after paying the fee for extending the time limit, fulfill
the formalities prior to the expiry of a corresponding period of 22 or 32 months
commencing from the priority date.
第一百零二条 申请人在本细则第一百零一条第二款规定的期限内未办理进入中国国家阶段手续，或者在该期限届满时有下列情形之一的，其国际申请在中国的效力终止：
Article 102 Where the applicant fails to fulfill the formalities for the entry
of the National Phase in China within the time limit provided in Paragraph 2 of
Article 101 of these Rules, or in case of any of the following circumstances at
the expiry of this time limit, the effectiveness of his/its international
application in China shall be terminated:
（一）进入中国国家阶段声明中未写明国际申请号的；
(1) the international application number is not indicated in the declaration
for the entry of the National Phase in China;
（二）未缴纳本细则第九十条第一款规定的申请费、公布印刷费和本细则第一百零一条第二款规定的宽限费的；
(2) the application fee or the publishing and printing fee provided in
Paragraph 1 of Article 90 of these Rules or the fee for extending the time limit
provided in Paragraph 2 of Article 101 of these Rules has not been paid;
（三）国际申请以中文以外的文字提出而未提交原始国际申请的说明书和权利要求书的中文译文的。
(3) the international application is filed in a language other than Chinese
but the Chinese translation of the specification and the patent claim of the
original international application is not submitted.
国际申请在中国的效力已经终止的，不适用本细则第七条第二款的规定。
Where the effectiveness of an international application in China has been
terminated, the provisions in Paragraph 2 of Article 7 of these Rules shall not
be applied.
第一百零三条 申请人办理进入中国国家阶段手续时有下列情形之一的，国务院专利行政部门应当通知申请人在指定期限内补正：
Article 103 Where the applicant falls under any of the following circumstances
when fulfilling the formalities for the entry of the National Phase in China,
the administrative department for patent under the State Council shall notify
the applicant to rectify his/its application within a specified time limit:
（一）未提交摘要的中文译文或者摘要副本的；
(1) the Chinese translation or the copies of the abstract have not been
submitted;
（二）未提交附图副本或者摘要附图副本的；
(2) the copies of the appended drawings or of the drawings appended to the
abstract have not been submitted;
（三）未在进入中国国家阶段声明中以中文写明发明创造的名称、申请人姓名或者名称、申请人的地址和发明人的姓名的；
(3) the name of the invention-creation, the name of the applicant, the address
of the applicant or the name of the inventor is not indicated in Chinese in the
declaration for the entry of the National Phase in China;
（四）进入中国国家阶段声明的内容或者格式不符合规定的。
(4) the content or format of the declaration for the entry of the National
Phase in China is not in conformity with relevant provisions.
期限届满申请人未补正的，其申请视为撤回。
Where the applicant has not rectified his/its application at the expiry of the
time limit, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
第一百零四条
国际申请在国际阶段作过修改，申请人要求以经修改的申请文件为基础进行审查的，申请人应当在国务院专利行政部门作好国家公布的准备工作前提交修改的中文译文。
Article 104 Where an international application has been amended in the
International Phase, and the applicant requests examination on the basis of the
amended application documents, the applicant shall submit the amended Chinese
translation before the administrative department for patent under the State
Council has completed the preparation of national publication.
在该期间内未提交中文译文的，对申请人在国际阶段提出的修改，国务院专利行政部门不予考虑。
Where the Chinese translation is not submitted within this period, the
administrative department for patent under the State Council shall not take the
amendment requested by the applicant in the International Phase into account.
第一百零五条 申请人办理进入中国国家阶段手续时，还应当满足下列要求：
Article 105 The applicant shall also, when fulfilling the formalities for the
entry of the National Phase in China, meet the following requirements:
（一）国际申请中未指明发明人的，在进入中国国家阶段声明中指明发明人姓名；
(1) he/it shall designate the name of the inventor in the declaration for the
entry of the National Phase in China if the inventor has not been designated in
the international application;
（二）国际阶段向国际局已办理申请人变更手续的，应当提供变更后的申请人享有申请权的证明材料；
(2) he/it shall, if, in the International Phase, having fulfilled the
formalities on the change of the applicant in the International Bureau, provide
the certified documents proving that the applicant after the change enjoys the
right of application;
（三）申请人与作为优先权基础的在先申请的申请人不是同一人，或者提出在先申请后更改姓名的，必要时，应当提供申请人享有优先权的证明材料；
(3) he shall, when necessary, provide the certified documents proving that the
applicant enjoys the right of priority if he is not the same person as the
applicant of the earlier application (which is regarded as the basis of the
right of priority), or if he changes his name after filing the earlier
application;
（四）国际申请涉及的发明创造有专利法第二十四条第（一）项或者第（二）项所列情形之一，在提出国际申请时作过声明的，应当在进入中国国家阶段声明中予以说明，并自办理进入中国国家阶段手续之日起２个月内提交本细则第三十一条第二款规定的有关证明文件。
(4) he/it shall make a statement in the declaration for the entry of the
National Phase in China, and shall, within 2 months as of the date when he/it
fulfills the formalities for the entry of the National Phase in China, submit
relevant certified documents provided in Paragraph 2 of Article 31 of these
Rules if the invention-creation involved in the international application is
under any of the circumstances enumerated in Item (1) or Item (2) of Article 24
of the Patent Law, and a declaration was made when the international application
was filed.
申请人未满足前款第（一）项、第（二）项和第（三）项要求的，国务院专利行政部门应当通知申请人在指定期限内补正。
Where the applicant fails to meet the requirements in Item (1), Item (2) and
Item (3) of the preceding paragraph, the administrative department for patent
under the State Council shall notify the applicant to make a rectification
within the specified time limit.
期满未补正第（一）项或者第（二）项内容的，该申请视为撤回；期满未补正第（三）项内容的，该优先权要求视为未提出。
Where the contents in Item (1) or (2) have not been rectified at the expiry of
the time limit, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn; where
the contents in Item (3) have not been rectified at the expiry of the time
limit, the right of priority shall be deemed to have not been claimed.
申请人未满足本条第一款第（四）项要求的，其申请不适用专利法第二十四条的规定。
Where the applicant fails to meet the requirements in Item (4) of Paragraph 1
of this Article, his/its application shall not be subject to Article 24 of the
Patent Law.
第一百零六条 申请人按照专利合作条约的规定，对生物材料样品的保藏已作出说明的，视为已经满足了本细则第二十五条第（三）项的要求。
Article 106 Where the applicant has made a statement on deposit of the sample
of biomaterial in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty, he/it shall be
deemed to have met the requirements in Item (3) of Article 25 of these Rules.
申请人应当在进入中国国家阶段声明中指明记载生物材料样品保藏事项的文件以及在该文件中的具体记载位置。
The applicant shall state in the declaration for the entry of the National
Phase in China the documents recording the matters on the deposit of the sample
of the biomaterial and the specific location of the record in the documents.
申请人在原始提交的国际申请的说明书中已记载生物材料样品保藏事项，但是没有在进入中国国家阶段声明中指明的，应当在办理进入中国国家阶段手续之日起４个月内补正。
Where the matters on the deposit of the sample of the biomaterial have been
recorded in the specification of the international application originally filed
by the applicant, but have not been stated in the declaration for the entry of
the National Phase in China, he/it shall make a rectification within 4 months as
of the date when he/it fulfills the formalities for the entry of the National
Phase in China.
期满未补正的，该生物材料视为未提交保藏。
Where no rectification has been made at the expiry of the time limit, the
biomaterial shall be deemed to have not been submitted for deposit.
申请人在办理进入中国国家阶段手续之日起４个月内向国务院专利行政部门提交生物材料样品保藏证明和存活证明的，视为在本细则第二十五条第（一）项规定的期限内提交。
Where the applicant submits the receipt of deposit and the viability proof on
the sample of the biomaterial to the administrative department for patent under
the State Council within 4 months as of the date when he/it fulfilled the
formalities for the entry of the National Phase in China, he/it shall be deemed
to have submitted them within the time limit provided in Item (1) of Article 25
of these Rules.
第一百零七条 申请人在国际阶段已要求一项或者多项优先权，在进入中国国家阶段时该优先权要求继续有效的，视为已经依照专利法第三十条的规定提出了书面声明。
Article 107 Where the applicant has claimed one or more rights of priority in
the International Phase, and claimed the right(s) of priority to continue to be
effective at the time of entering into the National Phase in China, the written
declaration shall be deemed to have been made in accordance with Article 30 of
the Patent Law.
申请人在国际阶段提出的优先权书面声明有书写错误或者未写明在先申请的申请号的，可以在办理进入中国国家阶段手续时提出改正请求或者写明在先申请的申请号。
Where the applicant has any written errors in the written declaration for the
right of priority made in the International Phase or does not indicate the
application number of the earlier application, he/it may, when fulfilling the
formalities for the entry of the National Phase in China, make a request for a
correction or indicate the application number of the earlier application.
申请人提出改正请求的，应当缴纳改正优先权要求请求费。
Where the applicant has made a request for a correction, he/it shall pay a fee
for requesting the correction of the right of priority.
申请人在国际阶段已依照专利合作条约的规定，提交过在先申请文件副本的，办理进入中国国家阶段手续时不需要向国务院专利行政部门提交在先申请文件副本。
Where the applicant has submitted the copies of the earlier application
documents in the International Phase in accordance with the Patent Cooperation
Treaty, he/it needs not to submit the copies of the earlier application
documents to the administrative department for patent under the State Council
when fulfilling the formalities for the entry of the National Phase in China.
申请人在国际阶段未提交在先申请文件副本的，国务院专利行政部门认为必要时，可以通知申请人在指定期限内补交。
Where the applicant fails to submit the copies of the earlier application
documents in the International Phase, the administrative department for patent
under the State Council may, when considering it necessary, notify the applicant
to supplement them within a specified time limit.
申请人期满未补交的，其优先权要求视为未提出。
Where the applicant has not supplemented them at the expiry of the time limit,
his/its right of priority shall be deemed to have not been claimed.
优先权要求在国际阶段视为未提出并经国际局公布该信息，申请人有正当理由的，可以在办理进入中国国家阶段手续时请求国务院专利行政部门恢复其优先权要求。
Where the right of priority is deemed to have not been claimed in the
International Phase and this information has been announced by the International
Bureau, the applicant may, when fulfilling the formalities for the entry of the
National Phase in China, request with justified reasons the administrative
department for patent under the State Council to recover its claim for the right
of priority.
第一百零八条
在优先权日起２０个月期满前要求国务院专利行政部门提前处理和审查国际申请的，申请人除应当办理进入中国国家阶段手续外，还应当依照专利合作条约第二十三条第二款规定提出请求。
Article 108 Where an applicant requests before the expiry of a period of 20
months as of the priority date the administrative department for patent under
the State Council to dispose of and examine the international application in
advance, he/it shall, in addition to fulfilling the formalities for the entry of
the National Phase in China, make the request in accordance with Paragraph 2 of
Article 23 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
国际局尚未向国务院专利行政部门传送国际申请的，申请人应当提交经确认的国际申请副本。
Where the International Bureau has not transmitted the international
application to the administrative department for patent under the State Council,
the applicant shall submit a copy of the confirmed international application.
第一百零九条 要求获得实用新型专利权的国际申请，申请人可以在办理进入中国国家阶段手续之日起１个月内，向国务院专利行政部门提出修改说明书、附图和权利要求书。
Article 109 For an international application for the patent right for utility
model, the applicant may, within 1 month as of the date when he/it fulfills the
formalities for the entry of the National Phase in China, make a request to the
administrative department for patent under the State Council for amending the
specification, appended drawings and patent claim.
要求获得发明专利权的国际申请，适用本细则第五十一条第一款的规定。
The international application for the patent right for invention shall be
subject to Paragraph 1 of Article 51 of these Rules.
第一百一十条 申请人发现提交的说明书、权利要求书或者附图中的文字的中文译文存在错误的，可以在下列规定期限内依照原始国际申请文本提出改正：
Article 110 Where the applicant discovers any diction errors in the Chinese
translation of the submitted specification, patent claim or appended drawings,
he/it may, within the following provided time limit, make a request for a
correction in accordance with the original international application:
（一）在国务院专利行政部门作好国家公布的准备工作之前；
(1) before the administrative department for patent under the State Council
has completed the preparation of national publication;
（二）在收到国务院专利行政部门发出的发明专利申请进入实质审查阶段通知书之日起３个月内。
(2) within 3 months as of the receipt of the notification sent by the
administrative department for patent under the State Council on the entry of the
application for a patent for invention into the stage of substantial
examination.
申请人改正译文错误的，应当提出书面请求，提交译文的改正页，并缴纳规定的译文改正费。
Where the applicant is to correct errors in the translation, he/it shall make
a written request, submit the corrected page of the translation and pay the
provided fee for correcting the translation.
申请人按照国务院专利行政部门的通知书的要求改正译文的，应当在指定期限内办理本条第二款规定的手续；
Where the applicant is to correct the translation as required in the
notification of the administrative department for patent under the State
Council, he/it shall, within a specified time limit, fulfill the formalities
provided in Paragraph 2 of this Article;
期满未办理规定手续的，该申请视为撤回。
where the provided formalities have not been fulfilled at the expiry of the
time limit, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
第一百一十一条 对要求获得发明专利权的国际申请，国务院专利行政部门经初步审查认为符合专利法和本细则有关规定的，应当在专利公报上予以公布；
Article 111 For an international application claiming the patent right for
invention, the administrative department for patent under the State Council
shall, if considering it to be in conformity with relevant provisions in the
Patent Law and these Rules after the preliminary examination, publish it in the
Patent Gazette;
国际申请以中文以外的文字提出的，应当公布申请文件的中文译文。
where the international application is filed in a language other than Chinese,
the Chinese translation of the application documents shall be published.
要求获得发明专利权的国际申请，由国际局以中文进行国际公布的，自国际公布日起适用专利法第十三条的规定；
Where an international application claiming for the patent right for invention
is internationally published by the International Bureau in Chinese, it shall be
subject to Article 13 of the Patent Law as of the date of international
publication;
由国际局以中文以外的文字进行国际公布的，自国务院专利行政部门公布之日起适用专利法第十三条的规定。
where it is published by the International Bureau in a language other than
Chinese, it shall be subject to Article 13 of the Patent Law as of the date of
publication by the administrative department for patent under the State Council.
对国际申请，专利法第二十一条和第二十二条中所称的公布是指本条第一款所规定的公布。
For an international application, "publication" mentioned in Articles 21 and
22 of the Patent Law means the publication provided in Paragraph 1 of this
Article.
第一百一十二条 国际申请包含两项以上发明或者实用新型的，申请人在办理进入中国国家阶段手续后，依照本细则第四十二条第一款的规定，可以提出分案申请。
Article 112 Where an international application contains two or more inventions
or utility models, the applicant may, after fulfilling the formalities for the
entry of the National Phase in China, file a division of application in
accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 42 of these Rules.
在国际阶段，国际检索单位或者国际初步审查单位认为国际申请不符合专利合作条约规定的单一性要求时，申请人未按照规定缴纳附加费，导致国际申请某些部分未经国际检索或者未经国际初步审查，在进入中国国家阶段时，申请人要求将所述部分作为审查基础，国务院专利行政部门认为国际检索单位或者国际初步审查单位对发明单一性的判断正确的，应当通知申请人在指定期限内缴纳单一性恢复费。
Where, in the International Phase, when the international retrieval entity or
international preliminary examination entity considers the international
application is not in conformity with the requirement of singularity provided in
the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the applicant does not pay the additional fee as
provided, thus causing some parts of the international application to not
undergo international retrieval or international preliminary examination, or
when entering the National Phase in China, the applicant requires the
above-mentioned parts to be regarded as the basis of examination, and the
administrative department for patent under the State Council considers the
singularity of the invention has been well-judged by the international retrieval
entity or the international preliminary examination entity, it shall notify the
applicant to pay the fee for recovering singularity within a specified time
limit.
期满未缴纳或者未足额缴纳的，国际申请中未经检索或者未经国际初步审查的部分视为撤回。
Where the said fee has not been paid or fully paid at the expiry of the time
limit, the parts in the international application which have not undergone
retrieval or international preliminary examination shall be deemed to have been
withdrawn.
第一百一十三条 申请人依照本细则第一百零一条的规定提交文件和缴纳费用的，以国务院专利行政部门收到文件之日为提交日、收到费用之日为缴纳日。
Article 113 Where the applicant submit the documents or pay the fees in
accordance with Article 101 of these Rules, the date when the administrative
department for patent under the State Council receives the documents shall be
regarded as the submission date, and the date when it receives the fees shall be
regarded as the payment date.
提交的文件邮递延误的，申请人自发现延误之日起１个月内证明该文件已经在本细则第一百零一条规定的期限届满之日前５日交付邮寄的，该文件视为在期限届满之日收到。
In case of any delay in the mail delivery of a submitted document, and if the
applicant has proven within 1 month as of his/its discovery of the delay that
the document to be delivered has been sent by mail 5 days before the expiry of
the time limit provided in Article 101 of these Rules, the document shall be
deemed to be received on the date of the expiry of the time limit.
但是，申请人提供证明的时间不得迟于本细则第一百零一条规定的期限届满后６个月。
However, the time for the applicant to provide the proof shall not be later
than 6 months after the expiry of the time limit provided in Article 101 of
these Rules.
申请人依照本细则第一百零一条的规定向国务院专利行政部门提交文件，可以使用传真方式。申请人使用传真方式的，以国务院专利行政部门收到传真件之日为提交日。
The applicant may submit documents to the administrative department for patent
under the State Council in accordance with Article 101 of these Rules by
facsimile. Where the applicant submits a document by facsimile, the date when
the administrative department for patent under the State Council receives the
facsimile shall be regarded as the submission date.
申请人应当自发送传真之日起１４日内向国务院专利行政部门提交传真件的原件。期满未提交原件的，视为未提交该文件。
The applicant shall, within 14 days as of the date when he/it sent the
facsimile, submit the original version of the facsimile to the administrative
department for patent under the State Council. Where the original version has
not been submitted at the expiry of the time limit, the document shall be deemed
to have not been submitted.
第一百一十四条
国际申请要求优先权的，申请人应当在办理进入中国国家阶段手续时缴纳优先权要求费；未缴纳或者未足额缴纳的，国务院专利行政部门应当通知申请人在指定的期限内缴纳；期满仍未缴纳或者未足额缴纳的，视为未要求该优先权。
Article 114 Where the right of priority is claimed in an international
application, the applicant shall, when fulfilling the formalities for the entry
of the National Phase in China, pay the fee for claiming the right of priority;
if the said fee has not been paid or fully paid, the administrative department
for patent under the State Council shall notify the applicant to make the
payment within a specified time limit; where it has still not been paid or fully
paid at the expiry of the time limit, the right of priority shall be deemed to
have not been claimed.
第一百一十五条
国际申请在国际阶段被有关国际单位拒绝给予国际申请日或者宣布视为撤回的，申请人在收到通知之日起２个月内，可以请求国际局将国际申请档案中任何文件的副本转交国务院专利行政部门，并在该期限内向国务院专利行政部门办理本细则第一百零一条规定的手续；
Article 115 Where, in the International Phase, an international application is
refused by a relevant international entity to grant an international application
date on it or is declared to be deemed to have been withdrawn, the applicant
may, within 2 months as of his/its receipt of the notice, request the
International Bureau to transfer the copy of any document in the file of the
international application to the administrative department for patent under the
State Council, and fulfill the formalities provided in Article 101 of these
Rules in the administrative department for patent under the State Council within
this period.
国务院专利行政部门应当在接到国际局传送的文件后，对国际单位作出的决定是否正确进行复查。
The administrative department for patent under the State Council shall, after
receiving the documents transmitted by the International Bureau, re-examine
whether the decision made by the international entity is correct.
第一百一十六条
基于国际申请授予的专利权，由于译文错误，致使依照专利法第五十六条规定确定的保护范围超出国际申请的原文所表达的范围的，以依据原文限制后的保护范围为准；
Article 116 Where, for the patent right granted upon the international
application, the protection scope determined in accordance with Article 56 of
the Patent Law has exceeded the scope expressed in the original text of the
international application due to errors in the translation, the protection scope
which is limited on the basis of the original text shall prevail;
致使保护范围小于国际申请的原文所表达的范围的，以授权时的保护范围为准。
while if the protection scope is narrower than the scope expressed in the
original text of the international application due to the same reason, the
protection scope at the time of authorization shall prevail.
第十一章 附 则
Chapter XI Supplementary Provisions
第一百一十七条
经国务院专利行政部门同意，任何人均可以查阅或者复制已经公布或者公告的专利申请的案卷和专利登记簿，并可以请求国务院专利行政部门出具专利登记簿副本。
Article 117 Any person may, upon approval by the administrative department for
patent under the State Council, inspect or copy the files of the published or
announced patent applications and the Patent Register, and may request the
administrative department for patent under the State Council to issue a copy of
the Patent Register.
已视为撤回、驳回和主动撤回的专利申请的案卷，自该专利申请失效之日起满２年后不予保存。
The files of patent applications which are deemed to have been withdrawn or
which have been rejected or actively withdrawn, shall not be preserved after the
expiry of 2 years as of the date on which such applications cease to be valid.
已放弃、宣告全部无效和终止的专利权的案卷，自该专利权失效之日起满３年后不予保存。
The files of patent rights which have been abandoned or invalidated or
terminated shall not be preserved after expiry of 3 years as of the date on
which such patent rights cease to be valid.
第一百一十八条
向国务院专利行政部门提交申请文件或者办理各种手续，应当使用国务院专利行政部门制定的统一格式，由申请人、专利权人、其他利害关系人或者其代表人签字或者盖章；
Article 118 Any application document which is submitted to, and any
formalities which are fulfilled in the administrative department for patent
under the State Council, shall use the unified format prepared by the
administrative department for patent under the State Council which shall be
signed or sealed by the applicant, the patent holder, any other interested
person or his/its representative.
委托专利代理机构的，由专利代理机构盖章。
Where any patent agency is entrusted, such agency shall affix its stamp.
请求变更发明人姓名、专利申请人和专利权人的姓名或者名称、国籍和地址、专利代理机构的名称、地址和代理人姓名的，应当向国务院专利行政部门办理著录事项变更手续，并附具变更理由的证明材料。
Where a change of the name of the inventor, the name, nationality or address
of the applicant or the patent holder, or the name or address of the patent
agency, or the name of the patent agent is requested, a request for a change in
the bibliographic data shall be made to the administrative department for patent
under the State Council, and the supporting documents with reasons for the
change shall be affixed.
第一百一十九条 向国务院专利行政部门邮寄有关申请或者专利权的文件，应当使用挂号信函，不得使用包裹。
Article 119 The documents relating to a patent application or patent right
which are mailed to the administrative department for patent under the State
Council shall be mailed by registered letter, not by parcel.
除首次提交申请文件外，向国务院专利行政部门提交各种文件、办理各种手续时，应当标明申请号或者专利号、发明创造名称和申请人或者专利权人姓名或者名称。
For any document (not including any application document submitted for the
first time) submitted to and any formalities fulfilled in the administrative
department for patent under the State Council, the application number or the
patent number, the title of the invention-creation, and the name of the
applicant or the patent holder shall be indicated.
一件信函中应当只包含同一申请的文件。
One letter may contain documents relating to one application only.
第一百二十条 各类申请文件应当打字或者印刷，字迹呈黑色，整齐清晰，并不得涂改。
Article 120 Any application document shall be typed or printed. All the
characters shall be in black ink, neat and clear, and none of them shall be
altered.
附图应当用制图工具和黑色墨水绘制，线条应当均匀清晰，并不得涂改。
The appended drawings shall be made in black ink with the aid of drafting
instruments. The lines shall be uniformly thick and well-defined, and shall not
be altered.
请求书、说明书、权利要求书、附图和摘要应当分别用阿拉伯数字顺序编号。
The written request, specification, patent claim, appended drawings and
abstract shall be numbered separately in Arabic numerals and arranged in
numerical order.
申请文件的文字部分应当横向书写。纸张限于单面使用。
The script of application documents shall run horizontally. Only one side of
each sheet shall be used.
第一百二十一条 国务院专利行政部门根据专利法和本细则制定专利审查指南。
Article 121 The administrative department for patent under the State Council
shall formulate the guidelines for patent examination in accordance with the
Patent Law and these Rules.
第一百二十二条
本细则自２００１年７月１日起施行。１９９２年１２月１２日国务院批准修订、１９９２年１２月２１日中国专利局发布的《中华人民共和国专利法实施细则》同时废止。
Article 122 These Rules shall enter into force on July 1, 2001. The Rules for
the Implementation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China which was
revised on December 12, 1992 upon approval of the State Council and promulgated
by the Patent Office of China on December 21, 1992 shall be nullified at the
same time.
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