What patent applications need to be kept confidential?

Legal analysis: The patents that need to be kept confidential are as follows: 1. Where the contents of the patent application involve national defense interests, and the invention-creation for which the patent application is applied involves national security or vital interests and needs to be kept confidential, it shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state; 2. The invention or utility model involves national security or vital interests other than national defense interests.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law.

Article 4 Where an invention-creation applying for a patent involves national security or vital interests and needs to be kept confidential, it shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.

Article 5 No patent right shall be granted for inventions and creations that violate laws, social ethics 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.