Patent Act Article 106

ApplicationAn application for a utility model patent shall be filed with the Specific Patent Agency by the owner of the right to apply for a patent, providing an application form, a description, claim(s), an abstract, and drawing(s).The filing date of a patent application for utility model shall be the date on which the application form, description, claim(s), and drawing(s) are fully provided.If an applicant does not initially provide a description, claim(s) and drawing(s) in Chinese at the time of filing, but submits them in a foreign language, and if the Chinese translation is provided within the time period specified by the Specific Patent Agency, the filing date shall be the date on which the foreign language version was originally submitted.Where the Chinese translation is not provided within the specified time period as stated in the preceding paragraph, the patent application shall be dismissed. However, if the Chinese translation is provided before the dismissal decision is served, the date of providing the Chinese translation shall be considered the filing date, and the foreign language version shall be deemed as not having been provided.