What department does the authorization in the patent status belong to?

Authorization in the type of patent legal status means that after 18 months of preliminary examination and 3 years of substantive examination, it is determined that the invention patent meets the authorization conditions, and the patent administrative department of the State Council grants the patent right, which is also protected by the state.

legal ground

Article 11 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

After the patent right for invention and utility model is granted, except as otherwise provided in this Law, no unit or individual may exploit the patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, use, promise to sell, sell or import the patented product for production and business purposes, nor may it use the patented method and use, promise to sell, sell or import the product directly obtained according to the patented method.

After the design patent is granted, no unit or individual may exploit its patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, promise to sell, sell or import its patented product for production and business purposes.

Article 12

Any unit or individual that exploits another person's patent shall conclude an exploitation license contract with the patentee and pay the patentee the royalties. The licensee has no right to allow any unit or individual other than those stipulated in the contract to exploit the patent.