What are the requirements for applying for a patent for utility model?

Legal analysis: Requirements for utility model patent application: 1. Novelty: refers to the fact that no identical invention or utility model has been published in domestic and foreign publications, publicly used in China or known to the public in other ways before the filing date; No one else filed an application with the patent administration department of the State Council for the same invention or utility model, and it was recorded in the patent application documents published after the filing date. 2. Creativity: Compared with the existing technology before the filing date, the utility model has substantial features and progress. 3. Practicality: It means that the utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects.

Legal basis: Article 22 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the invention and utility model for which a patent is applied shall be novel, creative and practical. Novelty means that the invention or utility model does not belong to the prior art; No unit or individual has completed the same invention and creation; Or the utility model has been filed with the patent administration department of the State Council before the filing date, and has been recorded in the patent application documents published or announced after the filing date. Creativity means that compared with the prior art, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress. Practicality means that the inventive or novel sinus can be manufactured or used, and can produce positive effects. The existing technology mentioned in this law refers to the technology known to the public at home and abroad before the date of application.