The applicant claims domestic priority, and if the earlier application is an application for a patent for invention, he may file an application for a patent for invention or utility model on the same subject; Where the earlier application is an application for a patent for utility model, an application for a patent for utility model or invention may be filed on the same subject. However, when the latter application is filed, if the subject matter of the former application is under any of the following circumstances, it shall not be used as the basis for claiming domestic priority:
(1) claiming foreign priority or domestic priority;
(2) The patent right has been granted;
(3) It is a divisional application filed in accordance with regulations.
Where the applicant claims domestic priority, the earlier application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn from the date of filing the later application.
The applicant may claim one or more priorities in a patent application; Where multiple priorities are claimed, the priority period of the application shall be calculated from the earliest priority date.