第三十四条 国务院专利行政部门收到发明专利申请后，经初步审查认为符合本法要求的，自申请日起满十八个月，即行公布。

Article 34.  Where, after receiving an application for a patent for invention, the Patent Administration Department Under the State Council, upon preliminary examination, finds the application to be in conformity with the requirements of this Law, it shall publish the application promptly after the expiration of eighteen months from the date of filing.

国务院专利行政部门可以根据申请人的请求早日公布其申请。

Upon the request of the applicant, the Patent Administration Department Under the State Council publishes the application earlier.

第三十五条 发明专利申请自申请日起三年内，国务院专利行政部门可以根据申请人随时提出的请求，对其申请进行实质审查；

Article 35.  Upon the request of the applicant for a patent for invention, made at any time within three years from the date of filing, the Patent Administration Department Under the State Council will proceed to examine the application as to its substance.

申请人无正当理由逾期不请求实质审查的，该申请即被视为撤回。

If, without any justified reason, the applicant fails to meet the time limit for requesting examination as to substance, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. 

国务院专利行政部门认为必要的时候，可以自行对发明专利申请进行实质审查。

The Patent Administration Department Under the State Council  may, on its own initiative, proceed to examine any application for a patent for invention as to its substance when it deems it necessary.

第三十六条 发明专利的申请人请求实质审查的时候，应当提交在申请日前与其发明有关的参考资料。

Article 36. When the applicant for a patent for invention requests examination as to substance , he or lit shall furnish pre-filing date reference materials concerning the invention.

发明专利已经在外国提出过申请的，国务院专利行政部门可以要求申请人在指定期限内提交该国为审查其申请进行检索的资料或者审查结果的资料；

For an application for a patent for invention that has been already filed in a foreign country, the patent administration department under the State Council may ask the app1icant to furnish within a specified time limit documents concerning any search made for the purpose of examining that application, or concerning the results of any examination made, in that country.

无正当理由逾期不提交的，该申请即被视为撤回。

If, at the expiration of the specified time limit, without any justified reason, the said documents are not furnished, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

第三十七条 国务院专利行政部门对发明专利申请进行实质审查后，认为不符合本法规定的，应当通知申请人，要求其在指定的期限内陈述意见，或者对其申请进行修改；

Article 37. Where the Patent Administration Department Under the State Council, after it has made the examination as to substance of the application for a patent for invention, finds that the application is not in conformity with the provisions of this Law, it shall notify the applicant and request him or it to submit, within a specified time limit, his or its observations or to amend the application.

无正当理由逾期不答复的，该申请即被视为撤回。

If, without any justified reason, the time limit for making response is not met, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

第三十八条 发明专利申请经申请人陈述意见或者进行修改后，国务院专利行政部门仍然认为不符合本法规定的，应当予以驳回。

Article 38.   Where, after the applicant has made the observations or amendments, the Patent Administration Department Under the State Council finds that the application for a patent for invention is still not in conformity with the provisions of this Law, the application shall be rejected.

第三十九条 发明专利申请经实质审查没有发现驳回理由的，由国务院专利行政部门作出授予发明专利权的决定，发给发明专利证书，同时予以登记和公告。

Article 39.  Where it is found after examination as to substance that there is no cause for rejection of the application for a patent for invention, the patent administration department under the State Council  shall make a decision to grant the patent right for invention, issue the certificate of patent for invention, and register and announce it.

发明专利权自公告之日起生效。

The patent right for invention shall take effect as of the date of the announcement.

　第四十条 实用新型和外观设计专利申请经初步审查没有发现驳回理由的，由国务院专利行政部门作出授予实用新型专利权或者外观设计专利权的决定，发给相应的专利证书，同时予以登记和公告。

Article 40.  Where it is found after preliminary examination that there is no cause for rejection of the application for a patent for utility model or design, the patent administration department under the State Council shall make a decision to grant the patent right for utility model or the patent right for design, issue the relevant patent certificate, and register and announce it.

实用新型专利权和外观设计专利权自公告之日起生效。

The patent right for utility model or design shall take effect as of the date of the announcement.

第四十一条 国务院专利行政部门设立专利复审委员会。

Article 41.  The patent administration department under the State Council shall set up a Patent Reexamination Board.

专利申请人对国务院专利行政部门驳回申请的决定不服的，可以自收到通知之日起三个月内，向专利复审委员会请求复审。

Where an applicant for patent is not satisfied with the decision of the said department rejecting the application, the applicant may, within three months from the date of receipt of the notification, request the Patent Reexamination Board to make a reexamination.

专利复审委员会复审后，作出决定，并通知专利申请人。

The Patent Reexamination Board shall, after reexamination, make a decision and notify the applicant for patent.  

专利申请人对专利复审委员会的复审决定不服的，可以自收到通知之日起三个月内向人民法院起诉。

Where the applicant for patent is not satisfied with the decision of the Patent Reexamination Board, it or he may, within three months from the date of receipt of the notification, institute legal proceedings in the people's court.

  第五章　专利权的期限、终止和无效

Chapter V   Duration, Cessation and Invalidation of Patent Right

第四十二条 发明专利权的期限为二十年，实用新型专利权和外观设计专利权的期限为十年，均自申请日起计算。

　　Article 42.  The duration of patent right for inventions shall be twenty years, the duration of patent r

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