(1) Disputes over whether the invention-creation patent right should be granted. When the Chinese Patent Office conducts a preliminary examination or substantive examination of an application for a patent for invention-creation, it shall make a decision to reject the patent application if it considers that it does not conform to the relevant provisions of the Patent Law. If the applicant refuses to accept the rejection decision, he may request a reexamination from the reexamination board of the Patent Office.
(2) Disputes over the revocation or maintenance of the patent right.
(three) the implementation of compulsory licensing disputes.
(four) the implementation of compulsory licensing fees disputes.
(5) Disputes over the cost of implementing the invention after the publication of the application for a patent for invention and before the patent right is granted.
(6) Patent infringement disputes.
(7) Contract disputes over the right to apply for a patent or the transfer of a patent right.
(8) Disputes over the right to apply for a patent and the patent right.
Legal basis: Article 12 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), where any unit or individual exploits another person's patent, it shall conclude an exploitation license contract with the patentee and pay the patentee the exploitation fee. The licensee has no right to allow any unit or individual other than those stipulated in the contract to exploit the patent.