Legislations

Adoption of the Patent Law and the Amendments

-- The Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter the "Patent Law") was adopted on March 12, 1984, and came into force on April 1, 1985.

-- The Patent Law was amended twice ever since its enter into force. The first time amendment took effect on January 1, 1993 and the second time on July 1, 2001, with the Implementing Regulations amended accordingly and effected at the same time.

-- The CNIPA promulgated its Guidelines for Examination (for patent) in 1993, and thereafter amended it twice. The newly-amended Guidelines for Examination came into force on July 1, 2006.

Accession to International Treaties

The international conventions and treaties accessed by China with respect to those IPRs administered by the CNIPA are as follows:

Time of Accession	Name of Convention or Treaty
June 3, 1980	Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
March 19,1985	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
January 1, 1994	Patent Cooperation Treaty
July 1, 1995	Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purpose of Patent Procedure
September 19, 1996	Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
June 19, 1997	Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
December 10, 2001	Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

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