1. utility patent: a method, a machine, a product or a combination of multiple articles, or a new and useful improvement can be patented according to the terms and conditions stipulated in this law.
2.patentfordesign: anyone who designs with novel, original and decorative products can obtain a patent in accordance with the provisions and requirements of this law.
3.Patentforplant: Anyone who invents, discovers and asexually propagates any special and new plant species, including changes, varieties, hybrids and newly discovered plant seedlings in cultivation, can obtain a patent in accordance with the provisions of this Law, but does not include plants propagated by tubers or plants found in an uncultivated state.
4. The temporary application must be converted into a formal application within one year: only the specification and drawings are submitted, and it must be converted into a formal patent application within one year, or a new formal application is filed with the temporary application as the priority. Enjoy the filing date of the temporary application. Since the patent period of the temporary application will be 20 years from the filing date of the temporary application, most applicants will not choose to directly convert the temporary application into an ordinary application.
Note: In the United States, there is no patent protection for new inventions.