What kinds of patents are included in China?

Patents are the largest source of technical information in the world. According to empirical statistical analysis, patents contain 90%-95% of the global scientific and technological information. In China, patents include invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. Invention patents have the highest technical content, and inventors spend the most creative labor. New products, their manufacturing methods and usage methods can all apply for invention patents. Patent for utility model, as long as there are some technical improvements, you can apply for a patent for utility model, but it should be noted that you can only apply for a patent for utility model if it involves the product structure, shape or their combination. As for the design patent, you can apply for a design patent as long as it involves the shape, pattern or combination of products and the combination of color and shape and pattern, which is aesthetic and suitable for industrial application. Attachment: related knowledge extension 1. Understanding invention patents-It is pointed out in the detailed rules for the implementation of China's patent law that "the invention mentioned in the patent law refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement". The inventor can only succeed if he applies to the Patent Office for this technical scheme and passes a series of rigorous examinations, especially the examination of novelty, creativity and practicality. Grant a patent right to an application for a patent for invention that meets the requirements. The applicant should also go through the registration formalities on schedule and pay the annual fee for the current year, so that the application for a patent for invention can formally become an invention patent with various patent attributes. Inventions mentioned in the patent law can be divided into product inventions (such as machines, instruments, equipment and appliances) and method inventions (manufacturing methods). Inventions in some technical fields are not patented, such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases and substances obtained by nuclear transformation. The invention of computer software depends on whether it belongs to simple computer software or special software that can be combined with hardware and treated differently. The latter can apply for patent protection. With the change of censorship standards, simple computer software can also be patented separately at present, and it is no longer necessary to combine with hardware. As for inventions involving microorganisms, you can also apply for invention patents. However, the certificate of microbial preservation shall be submitted on schedule. 1, product invention (including material invention) is a technical scheme about various new products, new materials and new substances developed by people through research. A product in the patent law can be an independent and complete product or a part of a device or instrument. Its main contents include: finished products, such as machines, equipment and various supplies and materials, such as chemicals, composites and other products with new uses. 2. Method invention refers to the technical scheme such as operation method, manufacturing method and technological process developed by people for manufacturing products or solving a technical problem. A method can be a complete process consisting of a series of steps or a single step, which mainly includes: a manufacturing method, that is, a method for manufacturing a specific product; And other methods, such as measurement method, analysis method, communication method, etc. ; The new use of the product. 3. Which inventions can apply for invention patents Generally speaking, the achievements made in the process of technology development and new product development should be applied for invention patents because of their high technical level. For example, the application of laser technology has been developed, and synthetic leather has been manufactured by laser holography or grating photoetching, and holographic grating synthetic leather has been developed. Then, both the leather itself and its manufacturing method should apply for invention patents. Another example: drugs developed by biochemical technology, whether drugs or methods of manufacturing drugs, should apply for invention patents. Another example is that a factory has put forward a design scheme to improve the air compressor, which is feasible, and the effect after implementation will greatly reduce the production cost and improve the performance of the machine, so the scheme can be applied for an invention patent. The technology applying for a patent for invention can be a pioneering or pioneering invention that brings revolutionary changes to a certain discipline or a certain technical field, or an improved invention that is partially improved and developed on the basis of the existing technology. 2. Understand utility model patents-utility model patents, also known as small inventions or small patents, are the object of patent rights and the object of patent law protection, and refer to utility models that should be granted patent rights according to law. Utility model usually refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products. (1) Regarding the utility model, some countries do not list it as an independent patent protection object, but put it in the invention patent to protect it. In other countries, utility model is listed as an independent object of patent protection, which mainly refers to small inventions. The reason why the state protects utility models is to encourage small inventions with low cost and short development cycle, so as to meet the needs of economic development more quickly. (2) The Paris Convention does not stipulate the concept of utility model, but stipulates that utility model enjoys the benefit of invention patent. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights also does not separately stipulate the patent types of utility models. China's patent law clearly regards utility model as one of the objects of patent protection, and stipulates that utility model patent refers to a new practical technical scheme proposed for the shape, structure or combination of products. The technical scheme is lower than the invention patent in technical level. 3. Understand the design patent-industrial design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application for the shape, pattern, color or combination of products. Design refers to the design of industrial products, which is the style of industrial products. Design patent is the object of patent right and the object of patent law protection, which refers to the design that should be granted patent right according to law. It is completely different from the patent certificate of invention design or utility model, that is, design is not a technical scheme. Article 2 of China's Patent Law stipulates: "Appearance design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application based on the shape, pattern or combination of products, as well as the combination of color and shape and pattern. It can be seen that the design patent shall meet the following requirements: (1) refers to the design of shape, pattern, color or their combination; (2) It must be the design of product appearance; (3) it must be beautiful; (4) It must be suitable for industrial application.