What are the types of European patent applications? What's the difference with China?

What are the types of European patent applications? What's the difference with China? Today, Bajie Intellectual Property Bian Xiao answers your questions: What are the types of European patent applications? What are the types of European patent applications? There are two types of European patent applications: 1. European invention patent European patent is an invention with industrial practicability, absolute novelty and creativity. Europe implements the European patent convention, that is, the EPC system. The countries in the EPC system include countries in the EU system and countries that are not members of the EU. 2. EU design EU design patents are filed directly in the EU Trademark Patent Office and are valid in 28 countries. The 28 member States of the European Union include: France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Britain, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia. What's the difference between European patent application and domestic patent application? The biggest difference between European patent applications and domestic patent applications is that there is no utility model patent application in the types of European patent applications. The utility model patent can only be applied in China, but only for invention and appearance in Europe.