Patent Law of the People's Republic of China

(Adopted at the 4th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 6th National People's Congress on March 12, 1984; Amended for the first time in accordance with the Decision of the 27th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress on September 4, 1992 on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China; Amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision of the 17th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress on August 25, 2000 on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China; Amended for the third time in accordance with the Decision of the 6th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress on December 27, 2008 on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China; Amended for the fourth time in accordance with the Decision of the 22nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress on October 17, 2020 on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China)