On December 27, 2008, the Sixth Conference of the Eleventh National People's Congress' Standing Committee (the “Standing Committee”) passed and published the Resolution to Amend the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China, which makes further amendments to the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China as amended on August 25, 2000 (the “Old Patent Law”). The amended Patent Law of the People's Republic of China will be effective on October 1, 2009 (the “New Patent Law”). This memo is to highlight the provisions materially changed in the New Patent Law, as compared to the Old Patent Law, so as to give you some basic ideas of the major amendments in the New Patent Law.