Main tasks of the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office

According to the provisions of Articles 41, 45 and 46 of the Patent Law, the Patent Reexamination Board examines the request for reexamination and the request for invalidation of the patent right and makes a decision. If the claimant for reexamination, the claimant for invalidation or the patentee refuses to accept it, he may bring a lawsuit to the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court within three months from the date of receiving the decision.