People's Republic of China (PRC)'s patent law was promulgated in the same year.

The Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) was adopted by the Fourth Session of the Standing Committee of the Sixth NPC on March 6, 1984.

According to the Decision on Amending the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) adopted by the 27th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh NPC on September 4th, 1992,

According to the second amendment of the Decision on Amending the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) at the 17th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth NPC on August 25th, 2000,

The third amendment was made in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) at the 6th meeting of the 11th NPC Standing Committee on February 27th, 2008.

The Decision of NPC Standing Committee on Amending the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) was adopted at the 6th meeting of the 11th NPC Standing Committee in People's Republic of China (PRC) on February 27th, 2008, and is hereby promulgated and shall come into force on June 27th, 2009.

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According to the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

An application for a patent must meet the following conditions:

(1) The subject must have the legal qualification to enjoy the patent right.

Such as China citizens and legal persons; Foreigners, foreign enterprises or other foreign organizations that have no habitual residence or business office in China according to the agreements signed between their countries and China or the international treaties to which they are parties, or according to the principle of reciprocity.

(2) It must be based on certain legal facts.

The legal facts that give rise to the right of application are:

(1) Invention and creation;

(2) completing the entrusted invention-creation;

(three) to complete the service invention;

(4) Inheritance of the right to apply;

(5) Transfer of application right.