The Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (adopted at the fourth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on March 12, 1984, in accordance with the Seventh National People's Congress on September 4, 1992 The "Decision on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" at the 27th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress was first revised in accordance with the 17th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on August 25, 2000 The meeting's "Decision on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" was revised for the second time in accordance with the "Decision on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" at the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress on December 27, 2008. **The Decision on the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" was revised for the third time) "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 42 The term of invention patent rights is twenty years, utility model patent rights and design patent rights The term is ten years, calculated from the date of application.