The Measures for Labeling Patent Marks entered into force on 1 May 2012.

There are 10 articles in total, which aims to standardize the labeling of patent marks.

Where the patentee or the licensee with the consent of the patentee has the right to label the patent marks, the following contents shall be indicated:

(1) the category of the patent right, which shall be indicated in Chinese, such as Chinese invention patent, Chinese utility model patent and Chinese design patent; and

(2) the patent number granted by the State Intellectual Property Office.