Comparison Table With Comments For The 4th Amendment Of China's Patent Law

China's Patent Law

 (3rd Amendment passed in 2008)

China's Patent Law

(4th Amendment passed on Oct 17, 2020)

IP March Comments

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1.This Law is enacted to protect the legitimate rights of the patentee, to encourage inventions-creations, to advance the exploitation of inventions-creations, to enhance innovation capability, and to promote the progress of science and technology and the development of economy and society.

Article 1 (unchanged)

Article2. In this Law, "inventions-creations" mean inventions, utility models and designs.

"Invention" means any new technical solution relating to a product, a process or improvement thereof.