Patent Law of the People's Republic of China
(Adopted at the Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on March 12, 1984 and amended in accordance with the Decision by the 27th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China on September 4, 1992)

Chapter I - General Provisions

Chapter II - Conditions for the Grant of Patent Rights

Chapter III - Application for Patents

Chapter IV - Examination and Approval of Patent Applications

Chapter V - Term, Termination and Invalidation of Patent Rights

Chapter VI - Compulsory License for Exploitation of Patent

Chapter VII - Protection of Patent Rights

Chapter VIII - Supplementary Provisions

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Patent Law of the People's Republic of China
(Adopted at the Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on March 12, 1984 and amended in accordance with the Decision by the 27th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China on September 4, 1992)

Chapter IV - Examination and Approval of Patent Applications

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Article 36

104

When requesting substantive examination of an invention patent application, the applicant shall furnish reference materials concerning the invention that were available prior to the filing date of the application.

105

When an applicant requests substantive examination of his or its application for an invention patent after he or it has applied in a foreign country for a patent on the same invention, he or it shall furnish documents from any investigations made in the foreign country for the purpose of examining that application, or documents stating the results of that examination, if without any justified reason, the said documents are not furnished, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

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