PRC Patent Law (3rd Revision)

中华人民共和国专利法 (第三次修正)

The revised Law now requires any work unit or individual wishing to apply for a patent in a foreign country for an invention or utility model completed in China to first submit such invention or utility model to the State Council's patent administrative department for a confidentiality review.

(Adopted at the 6th Session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress on December 27 2008 and effective as of October 1 2009.)

(第十一届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议于二零零八年十二月二十七日通过，自二零零九年十月一日起施行。)

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