Article 89  The patent administration department of the State Council shall keep a Patent Register in which the registration of the following matters relating to patent applications or patent rights shall be made:
(1) any grant of the patent right;
(2) any transfer of the right to apply for patent or the patent right;
(3) any pledge and preservation of the patent right and their discharge;
(4) any license contract for exploitation of a patent submitted for the record;
(5) any invalidation of the patent right;
(6) any cessation of the patent right;
(7) any restoration of the patent right;
(8) any compulsory license for exploitation of a patent; and
(9) any change in the name or title, nationality and address of a patentee.
 

Article 90  The patent administration department of the State Council shall publish the Patent Gazette at regular intervals, publishing or announcing the following:
(1) the bibliographic data and the abstract of the description of an application for a patent for invention;
(2) any request for examination as to substance of an application for a patent for invention and any decision made by the patent administration department of the State Council to proceed on its own initiative to examine as to substance an application for a patent for invention;
(3) any rejection, withdrawal, deemed withdrawal, deemed abandonment, restoration and transfer of an application for a patent for invention after its publication;
(4) any grant of the patent right and the bibliographic data of the patent right;
(5) the abstract of the description of a patent for invention or a patent for utility model, one drawing or photograph of a patent for design;
(6) any declassification of a national defense patent or a secret patent;
(7) any invalidation of the patent right;
(8) any cessation or restoration of the patent right;
(9) any transfer of the patent right;
(10) any license contract for exploitation of a patent submitted for the record;
(11) any pledge or preservation of the patent right and their discharge;
(12) any grant of a compulsory license for exploitation of a patent;
(13) any change in the name or title and address of a patentee;
(14) any service of documents by way of making an announcement;
(15) any correction made by the patent administration department of the State Council; and
(16) any other related matters.
 

Article 91  The patent administration department of the State Council shall make the patent gazettes, the pamphlets of applications for patents for invention and the pamphlets of patents for invention, patents for utility model and patents for design available to the public for consultation free of charge.
 

Article 92  The patent administration department of the State Council is responsible for exchanging, in accordance with the principle of reciprocity, patent documentation with the patent authorities of other countries or regions or with regional patent organizations.