First, the nature of the different:
1, which is creative. Mainly to create new things or new methods that have never been seen before.
2. Discovery is an act of reprocessing. It is human's understanding of its inner and concrete essence and its whole.
Second, the purpose is different:
1. Invention changes the world with a clear purpose. It is the process and achievement of applying natural laws to solve special problems in the technical field and putting forward innovative schemes and measures.
2. Discover and explain the world, and find that there is no clear purpose. Discovery is the exploration of the world by human beings, and the revelation and understanding of themselves and the world.
Third, the differences in intellectual property protection:
1. In the field of intellectual property, invention refers to one of the patent types of invention-creation protected by the patent law, and refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement. Inventions in the patent field all have their specific protected objects or protected objects.
2. In the field of intellectual property. The right of scientific discovery is not intellectual property. The reason is that scientific discoveries are not creative. It is an objective understanding of natural phenomena, natural laws and the nature of things so far. It belongs to the category of human understanding of the world and the achievement of human understanding.
Similarities between invention and discovery:
Invention and discovery are the essence of human beings. The essence of human beings is that they can actively understand and transform nature, and constantly make discoveries and inventions.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Invention (the process and achievements of innovative schemes and measures proposed by the laws of nature)
Baidu Encyclopedia-Discovery (Word Definition)
Baidu Encyclopedia-Intellectual Property (Concept of Rule of Law)