Article 112 Where two or more inventions or utility models are contained in an international application, the applicant may, after going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, submit a divisional application in accordance with the provisions in Rule 42, paragraph one of these Implementing Regulations.
Where, in the international phase, some parts of the international application have not been the subject of international search or international preliminary examination because the International Searching Authority or the International Preliminary Examination Authority considers that the international application does not comply with the requirement of unity of invention prescribed in the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the applicant fails to pay the additional fee, whereas at the time of going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, the applicant requests that the said parts be the basis of examination, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, finding that the decision concerning unity of invention made by the International Searching Authority or the International Preliminary Examination Authority is justified, shall notify the applicant to pay the restoration fee for unity of invention within the specified time limit. Where the fee is not paid or not paid in full at the expiration of the prescribed time limit, those parts of the international application which have not been searched or have not been the subject of international preliminary examination shall be deemed to be withdrawn.

Article 113 Where the applicant furnishes the documents and pays the fees in accordance with the provisions of Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations, the date on which the Patent Administration Department under the State Council receives the documents shall be the date of submitting, and the date on which it receives the fees shall be the date of payment.
Where there is delay in the mailing of the documents and the applicant proves, within one month from the date on which he finds the delay, that the documents have been mailed five days prior to the expiration of the time limit prescribed in Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations, the documents shall be deemed to have been received on the date on which the time limit expires. However, the time for the applicant to furnish evidence may not be later than six months after the expiration of the time limit prescribed in Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations.
Where documents are to be submitted to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council in accordance with the provisions of Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations, the applicant may send them by fax. Where the applicant submits the documents by fax, the date on which the Patent Administration Department under the State Council receives the fax shall be the date of submitting. The applicant shall submit to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council the original copy within 14 days from the date of the transmission by fax. Where the original copy is not submitted within the time limit, the documents shall be deemed not to have been submitted.

Article 114 Where an international application claims the priority, the applicant shall, at the time of going through the formalities for entering the Chinese national phase, pay the fee for claiming the priority; if the fee is not paid or not paid in full, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall notify the applicant to pay it within the specified time limit; if the fee is still not paid or not paid in full at the expiration of the time limit, the claim for priority shall be deemed not to have been made.

Article 115 Where an international application in the international phase has been refused to be accorded an international filling date or has been declared to be deemed withdrawn by an international authority concerned, the applicant may, within two months from the date on which he or it receives the notification, request the International Bureau to send the copy of any document in the file of the international application to the Patent Administration Department under the State Council, and shall go through the formalities prescribed in Rule 101 of these Implementing Regulations within the said time limit at the Patent Administration Department under the State Council. After receiving the documents sent by the International Bureau, the Patent Administration Department under the State Council shall review the decision made by the international authority concerned to find whether it is correct.

Article 116 With regard to a patent right granted on the basis of an international application, if the scope of protection determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 56 of the Patent Law exceeds the scope of the international application in its original language because of incorrect translation, the scope of protection granted on the international application shall be limited according to the original language of the application; if the scope of protection granted on the international application is narrower than the scope of the application in its original language,  the scope of protection shall be determined according to the patent in the language when it is granted.

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