1. patent number;
2. title of invention;
3. patentee’s name and address; if the patentee is a judicial person , the business name and address and the name of its representative.
4. reasons and term for extension;
5. date of the certificate of approval first obtained; and
6. date of application (year/month/day).

A copy of the certificate of approval obtained in accordance with the law and the local or foreign documentary evidence in duplicate should be submitted together with the preceding written application.

Upon acceptance of the application referred to in the first paragraph, the Patent Authority should publish the contents of the application.

When the application for patent term extension is approved, the Patent Authority should notify the patentee to submit the Letters Patent so that the approved extended term can be specified in the Letters Patent.

1. the period of conducting domestic clinical tests recognized by the central competent authority;
2. the period of examining the application for registration;
3. if the application for patent term extension is based on the period of conducing clinical tests in a foreign country, the period of the clinical tests recognized by the marketing approval of the country of production.

The time period of the applicant’s failure to utilize for obtaining the certificate of approval, the overlapping time period of conducting clinical tests in this country and those in a foreign country, and the overlapping period between the clinical tests and the examination of application for registration should be deducted from the approved extended period of time applied in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

1. documentary evidence containing the time period of the domestic clinical tests and the beginning and finishing dates thereof;
2. documentary evidence containing the period of examining the registration and the beginning and finishing dates thereof.

If the application for extension to patent term is made based on the time period of conducting clinical tests in a foreign country, in addition to the documents specified in the preceding paragraph, documents verifying the time period of such tests with indication of the beginning and finishing dates and the approval of the applied extended time period issued by the concerned competent authority of the country of production should be submitted. Where no application for extension to patent term was filed abroad, documents verifying the approval of the applied extended time period is not required.

1. the period of conducting domestic tests recognized by the central competent authority;
2. the period of examining the application for registration;
3. if the application for patent term extension is based on the time period of conducting tests abroad, the time period of the tests certified by the competent authority of the country of production.

The longest time taken for one of the tests conducted abroad shall be considered the time period eligible for extension to patent term referred in the preceding paragraph. However, if the tests are sequential, the time taken for each test may be added up for calculation of the time period eligible for extension to patent term referred in the preceding paragraph.

The time period of the applicant’s failure to utilize for obtaining the certificate of approval, the overlapping time period of conducting tests in this country and those in a foreign country, and the overlapping period between the tests and the examination of application for registration should be deducted from the approved extended period of time applied in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

1. document issued by the central compenent authority approving the conduct of a commissioned field test;
2. registration document approved and examined acceptable by the central compenent authority; and
3. copy of the certificate of agricultural chemicals

If the application for extension to patent term is made based on the time period of conducting tests in a foreign country, in addition to the documents specified in the preceding paragraph, documents verifying the time period of such tests with indication of the beginning and finishing dates and the approval of the applied extended time period issued by the concerned competent authority of the country of production should be submitted. Where no application for extension to patent term was filed abroad, documents verifying the approval of the applied extended time period is not required.

Article 7 and 10 revised on October 6,1999. and retroactive effected on July 1,1999.

NOTE：In case of any discrepancy between the English version and the Chinese text of the Law, the Chinese text shall prevail.