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专利法实施细则英文版
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专利法实施细则(2010英文版)
IMPLEMENTINGREGULATIONS
OFTHEPATENTLAWOFTHEPEOPLE'SREPUBLICOFCHINA
(PromulgatedbyDecreeNo.306oftheStateCouncilofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaonJune15,2001,amendedthefirsttimeonDecember28,2002accordingtotheDecisionoftheStateCouncilonAmendingtheImplementingRegulationsofthePatentLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,andamendedthesecondtimeonJanuary9,2010accordingtotheDecisionoftheStateCouncilonAmendingtheImplementingRegulationsofthePatentLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina)
TranslatedbytheStateIntellectualPropertyofficeofthePeople'sRepublicofChina.Incaseofdiscrepancy,theoriginalversioninChineseshallprevail.
ChapterIGeneralProvisions
Rule1.TheseImplementingRegulationsareformulatedinaccordancewiththePatentLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(hereinafterreferredtoasthePatentLaw).
Rule2.AnyformalitiesprescribedbythePatentLawandtheseImplementingRegulationsshallbecompliedwithinawrittenformorinanyotherformprescribedbythepatentadministrationdepartmentundertheStateCouncil.
Rule3.AnydocumentsubmittedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthePatentLawandtheseImplementingRegulationsshallbeinChinese;thestandardscientificandtechnicaltermsshallbeusedifthereisaprescribedonesetforthbytheState;wherenogenerallyacceptedtranslationinChinesecanbefoundforaforeignnameorscientificortechnicalterm,theoneintheoriginallanguageshallbealsoindicated.
WhereanycertificateorcertifyingdocumentsubmittedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthePatentLawandtheseImplementingRegulationsisinaforeignlanguage,thepatentadministrationdepartmentundertheStateCouncilmay,whenitdeemsnecessary,requestaChinesetranslationofthecertificateorthecertifyingdocumentbesubmittedwithinaspecifiedtimelimit;wherethetranslationisnotsubmittedwithinthespecifiedtimelimit,thecertificateorcertifyingdocumentshallbedeemednottohavebeensubmitted.
Rule4.WhereanydocumentissentbymailtothepatentadministrationdepartmentundertheStateCouncil,thedateofmailingindicatedbythepostmarkontheenvelopeshallbedeemedtobethedateoffiling;wherethedateofmailingindicatedbythepostmarkontheenvelopeisillegible,thedateonwhichthepatentadministrationdepartmentundertheStateCouncilreceivesthedocumentshallbethedateoffiling,exceptwherethedateofmailingisprovedbythepartyconcerned.
AnydocumentofthepatentadministrationdepartmentundertheStateCouncilmaybeservedbymail,bypersonaldeliveryorbyotherforms.Whereanypartyconcernedappointsapatentagency,thedocumentshallbesenttothepatentagency;wherenopatentagencyisappointed,thedocumentshallbesenttothecontactingpersonnamedintherequest.
WhereanydocumentissentbymailbythepatentadministrationdepartmentundertheStateCouncil,the16thdayfromthedateofmailingshallbepresumedtobethedateonwhichthepartyconcernedreceivesthedocument.
Whereanydocumentisdeliveredpersonallyinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthepatentadministration
departmentundertheStateCouncil,thedateofdeliveryisthedateonwhichthepartyconcernedreceivesthedocument.
Wheretheaddressofanydocumentisnotclearanditcannotbesentbymail,thedocumentmaybeservedbymakinganannouncement.Attheexpirationofonemonthfromthedateoftheannouncement,thedocumentshallbedeemedtohavebeenserved.
Rule5.ThefirstdayofanytimelimitprescribedinthePatentLawandtheseImplementingRegulationsshallnotbecountedinthetimelimit.Wherethetimelimitiscountedbyyearorbymonth,itshallexpireonthecorrespondingdayofthelastmonth;ifthereisnocorrespondingdayinthatmonth,thetimelimitshallexpireonthelastdayofthatmonth;ifatimelimitexpiresonanofficialholiday,itshallexpireonthefirstworkingdayfollowingthatofficialholiday.
Rule6.WhereatimelimitprescribedinthePatentLawortheseImplementingRegulationsorspecifiedbythepatentadministrationdepartmentundertheStateCouncilisnotobservedbyapartyconcernedbecauseofforcemajeure,resultinginlossofhisoritsrights,heoritmay,withintwomonthsfromthedateonwhichtheimpedimentisremoved,atthelatestwithintwoyearsimmediatelyfollowingtheexpirationofthattimelimitrequestthepatentadministrationdepartmentundertheStateCounciltorestorehisoritsrights.
Exceptforcircumstancesprescribedinprecedingparagraph,whereatimelimitprescribedinthePatentLawortheseImplementingRegulationsorspecifiedbythepatentadministrationdepartmentundertheStateCouncilisnot