Chapter VIII Patent Registration and Patent Gazette

Article 88 The patent administration department under the State Council shall keep a Patent Register in which the registration of the following matters relating to patent application or patent right shall be made:

(1) any grant of the patent right;

(2) any transfer of the patent application right or the patent right;

(3) any pledge and preservation of the patent right and their discharge;

(4) any patent license contract for exploitation submitted for the record;

(5) any invalidation of the patent right;

(6) any cessation of the patent right;

(7) any restoration of the patent right;

(8) any compulsory license for exploitation of the patent;

(9) any change in the name, nationality and address of the patentee.

Article 89 The patent administration department under the State Council shall publish the Patent Gazette at regular intervals, publicizing or announcing the following:

(1) the bibliographic data contained in patent applications;

(2) the abstract of the description of an invention or utility model, the drawings or photographs of a design and its brief explanation;

(3) any request for examination as to substance of an application for a patent for invention and any decision made by the patent administration department under the State Council to proceed on its own initiative to examine as to substance an application for a patent for invention;

(4) any declassification of secret patents;

(5) any rejection, withdrawal and deemed withdrawal of an application for a patent for invention after its publication;

(6) any grant of the patent right;

(7) any invalidation of the patent right;

(8) any cessation of the patent right;

(9) any transfer of the patent application right or the patent right;

(10) any patent license contract for exploitation submitted for the record;

(11) any pledge and preservation of the patent right and their discharge;

(12) any grant of compulsory license for exploitation of the patent;

(13) any restoration of a patent application or patent right;

(14) any change in the name or address of the patentee;

(15) any notification to a party whose address is not known;

(16) any correction made by the patent administration department under the State Council; and

(17) any other related matters.

The description and its drawings, and the claims of an application for a patent for invention or utility model shall be separately published in full text by the patent administration department under the State Council.