Other departments for patent administration are responsible for patent administration within their respective administrative areas.
The State Council patent administration department refers to China National Intellectual Property Administration.
China National Intellectual Property Administration has established the Patent Reexamination Board, which accepts and examines the request for reexamination and makes a decision. If an applicant for a patent refuses to accept the rejection of his patent application by the Patent Office, he may file a request for reexamination with the Patent Reexamination Board within three months from the date of receiving the notice of rejection, and the Patent Reexamination Board shall reexamine the rejected patent according to the request of the examiner. Review the relief procedure initiated when the applicant refuses to accept the rejection decision.