For example, a farmer invented a new harvester, which is an improved invention.
The special packaging design of packaging company belongs to appearance design.
Substantive conditions for granting the patent right for invention and utility model:
1. Novelty means that before the filing date, no identical invention or utility model was published in domestic and foreign publications, used in China or known to the public in other ways, and no identical invention or utility model was applied to the patent administration department in the State Council by others and recorded in the patent application documents published after the filing date.
2. Creativity means that compared with the prior art before the filing date, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress.
3. Practicality means that the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects.