1March, 1984 12 NPC, adopted at the fourth session of the 6th NPC Standing Committee on September 4th, 1992. The Decision on Amending the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) at the 27th Session of the Seventh NPC Standing Committee was revised for the first time according to the Decision on Amending the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) at the 17th Session of the Ninth NPC Standing Committee on August 25th, 2000, and for the third time according to the Decision on Amending the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) at the 6th Session of the 11th NPC Standing Committee on February 27th, 2008.