Is stealing a patent a crime?

Yes, the crime of infringing trade secrets. Obtaining the business secrets of the obligee by illegal means such as theft, inducement or coercion, or illegally disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets they have or obtained, thus causing heavy losses to the obligee of the business secrets. Article 219 of the Criminal Law commits one of the following acts of infringing business secrets, and if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined: (1) obtaining the business secrets of the obligee by theft, bribery, fraud, coercion, electronic intrusion or other improper means; (2) disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets of the obligee obtained by means of the preceding paragraph; (3) disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets in their possession in violation of confidentiality obligations or the requirements of the obligee to keep business secrets. In the acts listed in the preceding paragraph, anyone who knowingly obtains, discloses, uses or allows others to use the trade secret shall be regarded as infringing on the theory of trade secret. The obligee mentioned in this article refers to the owner of the business secret and the user of the business secret with the permission of the owner. Several Provisions (Amendment) on Prohibition of Infringement of Trade Secrets Article 3? The following acts of infringing on trade secrets are prohibited: (1) obtaining the trade secrets of the obligee by theft, inducement, coercion or other improper means; (2) disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets of the obligee obtained by means of the preceding paragraph; (3) Units and individuals that have business dealings with the obligee disclose, use or allow others to use the obligee's business secrets in their possession in violation of the contract or the obligee's requirements for keeping business secrets; (4) employees of the obligee disclose, use or allow others to use the obligee's business secrets in their possession in violation of the contract or the obligee's requirements for keeping business secrets. If a third party knows or should know the illegal acts listed in the preceding paragraph and obtains, uses or discloses other people's business secrets, it shall be regarded as infringement of business secrets.