The patent office edits and publishes brochures. Patent applications and patent brochures are published once a week and published on the same day as the corresponding patent bulletin. The types of brochures include invention patent applications, invention patents, utility model patents and design patents.
The state encourages invention and creation, and has promulgated relevant laws and regulations to protect patents for invention and creation. Without the permission of the patentee, no one may use the patent except with the permission of the patentee. Moreover, obtaining patents must go through strict procedures, and not every patent can be protected by law. In China, there are three kinds of patents: inventions, utility models and designs. China National Intellectual Property Administration, the People's Republic of China, is the directly affiliated institution in charge of national patent work and overall coordination of foreign-related intellectual property affairs in the State Council.