Legal analysis: The protection period of China’s invention patents is 20 years, and the protection period of utility model patents and design patents is 10 years; both are calculated from the date of patent application; works of Chinese citizens Copyright protection lasts for the life of the author and 50 years after his death.
Legal basis: "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 42 The term of invention patent rights is twenty years, the term of utility model patent rights is ten years, and the term of design patent rights is The period is fifteen years, calculated from the date of application. If the invention patent right is granted after four years from the date of application for the invention patent and three years from the date of request for substantive examination, the patent administration department of the State Council shall, at the request of the patentee, resolve the unreasonable delay in the authorization process of the invention patent. Compensation is granted for the duration of the patent right, except for unreasonable delays caused by the applicant. In order to compensate for the time taken up by the review and approval of new drugs, for new drug-related invention patents that have been approved for marketing in China, the patent administration department of the State Council will provide compensation for the duration of the patent rights at the request of the patentee. The compensation period shall not exceed five years, and the total effective patent period after the new drug is approved for marketing shall not exceed fourteen years.