Article 5 No patent right shall be granted for inventions and creations that violate laws, social ethics or harm public interests.
No patent right shall be granted to inventions and creations obtained or utilized in violation of laws and administrative regulations and completed by relying on genetic resources.
Article 22 An invention or utility model for which a patent right is granted shall be novel, creative and practical.
Where two or more applicants apply for a patent for the same invention-creation, the patent right shall be granted to the first applicant.
Paragraph 1 of Article 25: No patent right shall be granted to the following items:
(1) scientific discoveries;
(2) rules and methods of intellectual activities;
(3) Methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases;
(4) Species of animals and plants;
(5) substances obtained by nuclear transformation;
(six) the design of the pattern, color or the combination of the two.
If the problems pointed out by the examiner are different from the above-mentioned other problems, they can generally be remedied according to the examiner's review opinions.