Draft Amendment to Implementing Regulations of
Chinese Patent Law Publicized for Public Comments




The Legislative Affairs Office under the State Council has publicized the recommended amendment to the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law and its explanatory notes for public comments, which shall be submitted before March 31, 2009.

According to the recommended version of the Implementing Regulations for review by the State Council, it includes nine aspects of contents, that is, titles, patent application documents, patent filing and examination procedure, patent evaluation report, invalidation procedure, streamlining of fee schedule and procedure, improvement of compulsory licensing system, use of patent right, compensation of inventor or designer, protection of patent right and international applications entering into national phase and so on.