Patent Law

Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国专利法

[Current Text: Chinese, English]

(adopted Mar. 12, 1984, effective Apr. 1, 1985; amended Sept. 4, 1992, effective Jan. 1, 1993; amended Aug. 25, 2000, effective July 1, 2001; amended Dec. 27, 2008, effective Oct. 1, 2009; amended Oct. 17, 2020, effective June 1, 2021)

• Status: Amendment passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Principal Drafter: China National Intellectual Property Administration
• Submitter: State Council
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 12^th NPCSC Category I; 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2017 (backup), 2018, 2020
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (final) round: October 2020 (Chinese, English)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: June 2020 (Chinese, English)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: December 2018 (Chinese, English)
  • State Council public consultation: December 2015 (Chinese, English)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Dec. 23, 2018)
  • Report on Status of Revision (June 28, 2020)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Oct. 13, 2020)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Oct, 16, 2020)
  • Presidential Order (Oct. 17, 2020)

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Passes Export Control Law & Biosecurity Law, Updates Patent Law, National Flag/Emblem Laws, Election Law & Minors Protection Law (Oct. 17, 2020)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Patent Law Amendment, Export Control Law, Criminal Law Amendment, Data Security Law & Two Other Bills (July 1, 2020)
• NPCSC Concludes First June Session Before Immediately Scheduling Another, Likely to Adopt Hong Kong National Security Law (June 21, 2020)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Patent Law Amendment, Two Civil Code Parts, Vaccine Administration Law & Four Other Bills (Jan. 4, 2019)
• NPCSC Session Watch: Foreign Investment, Patent, Resource Tax, Local Government Debt & More (Dec. 16, 2018)
• NPC Standing Committee Releases 2018 Legislative Plan (Apr. 27, 2018)