What are the circumstances in which the patent application was rejected?

The circumstances in which an application for a patent for invention is rejected include: the invention-creation violates the law, social morality or harms the public interest; Apply for two patents for the same invention and creation; Inventions and utility models are not novel, creative and practical; A design patent belongs to an existing design, or a design that other units or individuals have applied for before the filing date.

legal ground

Article 5 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall not grant a patent right to an invention-creation that violates laws, social morality or harms 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 9 Only one patent right can be granted for the same invention-creation. However, if the same applicant applies for a patent for utility model and a patent for invention at the same time on the same day, and the patent for utility model obtained earlier has not been terminated, and the applicant abandons the patent for utility model, the patent for invention may be granted. Where two or more applicants apply for a patent for the same invention-creation, the patent right shall be granted to the first applicant.