中华人民共和国专利法(2008修正)英汉对照

PatentLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(2008Amendment)[Effective]中华人民共和国专利法(2008修正)[现行有效]Issuingauthority：StandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongressDateissued：12-27-2008LevelofAuthority：LawsAreaoflaw：IntellectualPropertyPatentLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(Adoptedatthe4thSessionoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSixthNationalPeople'sCongressonMarch12,1984;amendedforthefirsttimebytheDecisiononAmendingthePatentLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaadoptedatthe27thSessionoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSeventhNationalPeople'sCongressonSeptember4,1992;amendedforthesecondtimebytheDecisiononAmendingthePatentLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,adoptedatthe17thSessionoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNinthNationalPeople'sCongressonAugust25,2000;amendedforthethirdtimebytheDecisionoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongressonAmendingthePatentLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaadoptedatthe6thSessionofStandingCommitteeofthe11thNationalPeople'sCongressofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaonDecember27,2008)中华人民共和国专利法（1984年3月12日第六届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第四次会议通过根据1992年9月4日第七届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第二十七次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国专利法〉的决定》第一次修正根据2000年8月25日第九届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十七次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国专利法〉的决定》第二次修正根据2008年12月27日第十一届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国专利法〉的决定》第三次修正）Contents目录ChapterIGeneralProvisions第一章总则ChapterIIConditionsforGrantingPatents第二章授予专利权的条件ChapterIIIApplicationforPatents第三章专利的申请ChapterIVExaminationandApprovalofPatentApplications第四章专利申请的审查和批准ChapterVDuration,TerminationandInvalidationofPatents第五章专利权的期限、终止和无效ChapterVICompulsoryLicensefortheExploitationofPatents第六章专利实施的强制许可ChapterVIIProtectionofPatents第七章专利权的保护ChapterVIIISupplementaryProvisions第八章附则ChapterIGeneralProvisions第一章总则Article1Thislawisenactedforthepurposeofprotectingthelegitimaterightsandinterestsofpatentees,encouraginginventions,givinganimpetustotheapplicationofinventions,improvingtheinnovativecapabilities,andpromotingscientificandtechnologicalprogressaswellastheeconomicandsocialdevelopment.第一条为了保护专利权人的合法权益，鼓励发明创造，推动发明创造的应用，提高创新能力，促进科学技术进步和经济社会发展，制定本法。Article2The“inventions”asusedinthisLawmeansinventions,utilitymodelsanddesigns.Theterm“invention”referstoanynewtechnicalsolutionrelatingtoaproduct,aprocessoranimprovementthereof.Theterm“utilitymodel”referstoanynewtechnicalsolutionrelatingtoaproduct'sshape,structure,oracombinationthereof,whichisfitforpracticaluse.Theterm“design”referstoanynewdesignofaproduct'sshape,patternoracombinationthereof,aswellasthecombinationofthecolorandtheshapeorpatternofaproduct,whichcreatesanaestheticfeelingandisfitforindustrialapplication.第二条本法所称的发明创造是指发明、实用新型和外观设计。发明，是指对产品、方法或者其改进所提出的新的技术方案。实用新型，是指对产品的形状、构造或者其结合所提出的适于实用的新的技术方案。外观设计，是指对产品的形状、图案或者其结合以及色彩与形状、图案的结合所作出的富有美感并适于工业应用的新设计。Article3ThepatentadministrativedepartmentoftheStateCouncilshallberesponsiblefortheadministrationofthepatentworkthroughoutChina,uniformlyacceptandexamineapplicationsforpatents,andgrantpatentsinaccordancewiththelaw.Thepatentadministrativedepartmentofthepeople'sgovernmentofeachprovince,autonomousregion,ormunicipalitydirectlyundertheCentralGovernmentshalltakechargeoftheadministrationofpatentswithinitsownjurisdiction.第三条国务院专利行政部门负责管理全国的专利工作；统一受理和审查专利申请，依法授予专利权。省、自治区、直辖市人民政府管理专利工作的部门负责本行政区域内的专利管理工作。Article4WheretheinventionforwhichapatentisappliedforrelatestothesecurityorothervitalinterestsoftheStateandisrequiredtobekeptconfidential,theapplicationshallbehandledinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheState.第四条申请专利的发明创造涉及国家安全或者重大利益需要保密的，按照国家有关规定办理。Article5Nopatentshallbegrantedforaninventionthatcontravenesanylaworsocialmoralorthatis第五条对违反法律、社会公德或者妨害公共利益的发detrimentaltopublicinterests.Nopatentwillbegrantedforaninventionbasedongeneticresourcesiftheaccessorutilizationofthesaidgeneticresourcesisinviolationofanylaworadministrativeregulation.明创造，不授予专利权。对违反法律、行政法规的规定获取或者利用遗传资源，并依赖该遗传资源完成的发明创造，不授予专利权。Article6Aninventionmadebyapersonintheexecutionofthetasksoftheentityforwhichheworksormadebyhimbytakingadvantageofthematerialandtechnicalmeansofthisentityshallbeaserviceinvention.Therighttoapplyforpatentingaserviceinventionshallremainwiththeentity.Aftertheapplicationisapproved,theentityshallbethepatentee.Foranynon-serviceinvention,therighttoapplyforapatentshallremainwiththeinventorordesigner.Aftertheapplicationisapproved,theinventorordesignershallbethepatentee.Foraninventionmadebyapersonbytakingadvantageofthematerialandtechnicalmeansoftheentitywhereheworks,ifthereisacontractbetweentheentityandtheinventorordesignerregardingtherighttoapplyforpatentandtheownershipofthepatent,thecontractualstipulationsshallprevail.第六条执行本单位的任务或者主要是利用本单位的物质技术条件所完成的发明创造为职务发明创造。职务发明创造申请专利的权利属于该单位；申请被批准后，该单位为专利权人。非职务发明创造，申请专利的权利属于发明人或者设计人；申请被批准后，该发明人或者设计人为专利权人。利用本单位的物质技术条件所完成的发明创造，单位与发明人或者设计人订有合同，对申请专利的权利和专利权的归属作出约定的，从其约定。Article7Noentityorindividualshallpreventtheinventorordesignerfromfilinganapplicationforpatentinganonserviceinvention.第七条对发明人或者设计人的非职务发明创造专利申请，任何单位或者个人不得压制。Article8Foraninventionmadethroughthejointworkoftwoormoreentitiesorindividuals,ormadebyanentityorindividualupontheauthorizationofanotherentityorindividual,therighttoapplyforapatentshall,unlessitiso