What are the characteristics of patents?

It is worth noting that the two basic characteristics of patents are "monopoly" and "openness", and the exchange of "openness" for "monopoly" is the most basic core of the patent system, representing two sides of rights and obligations respectively. "Proprietary" refers to the exclusive right granted by law to a technology inventor for a period of time; "Openness" means that a technical inventor makes his technology public in exchange for the exclusive right granted by law, so that the public can obtain relevant patent information through normal channels. According to the statistics of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 90%-95% of the inventions in the world can be found in patent documents every year, and about 70% of them have never been published in other non-patent documents. Frequently consulting patent documents in scientific research can not only improve the research starting point and level of scientific research projects, but also save about 60% of research time and 40% of research funds.