Patent protection

Legal analysis: patent maintenance refers to the process that the patentee pays a specified amount of maintenance fee to the patent management department in accordance with the law during the legal protection period of the patent to keep the patent valid. Patent maintenance time refers to the actual time from the date of application or authorization to the date of invalidation, termination, revocation or expiration of the patent.

Legal basis: Article 3 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the State Council Patent Administration Department is responsible for the management of patent work throughout the country; Accept and examine patent applications in a unified manner and grant patent rights according to law. The departments for patent administration under the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for patent administration within their respective administrative areas.