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Article 1 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
This Law is formulated with a view to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of patentees, encouraging inventions and creations, promoting the application of inventions and creations, improving innovation ability, and promoting scientific and technological progress and economic and social development.
Article 5 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
No patent right shall be granted for inventions and creations that violate laws, social morality or harm public interests. No patent right shall be granted to inventions and creations obtained or utilized in violation of laws and administrative regulations and completed by relying on genetic resources.
Article 14 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
If the invention patent of state-owned enterprises and institutions is of great significance to the national interests or social public interests, the relevant competent departments of the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may decide to popularize and apply it within the approved scope, allowing designated units to implement it, and the implementing units shall pay royalties to the patentee in accordance with state regulations.