What is the function of national patent application?

For China people who are indifferent to intellectual property rights, they basically don't know what the function of national patent application is. However, with the progress and development of the times, patents are playing an increasingly important role in changing people's lifestyles. Bicycles from the past to the present are all due to patents. This paper mainly wants to introduce the role of national patent application to you. 1, ability and reputation: applying for a patent shows that you have certain innovation ability, research and originality in the professional field where you apply for a patent, which can give you a strong competitive advantage in employment, promotion or entrepreneurship. You can also publicize it and get praise and support from your boss, colleagues, friends and relatives, or go to TV, newspapers and interviews. , that is, the so-called capable people become famous. 2. Obtaining monopoly rights: China's patents are open to the world, and China's Patent Office cooperates with the most authoritative intellectual property organization in the world. We can prevent anyone in the world from obtaining a patent for the same invention by applying for a patent in China. At the same time, the patentee can directly prevent the corresponding competition of business rivals and obtain higher profit returns. 3. Earn patent fees: A patent can monopolize the sales market of patented products and use the patent alone to obtain economic benefits; Even if there is no immediate demand in the market, people are likely to perceive the use of patents in the future and are willing to pay patent fees. American Xerox Company invented the graphical user interface, but did not apply for a patent. Later, Microsoft and Apple used the graphical user interface as the basis of their personal computer operating systems. According to preliminary estimates, Xerox lost nearly $654.38+billion in patent fees, while on the other hand, IBM gained $654.38+billion in revenue through patent transfer in 2006. 4. As a defensive shield: If the inventor fails to apply for a patent for the first time, the competitor will take the lead. By then, all the efforts made by the inventor will be wasted, and the inventor himself will not be able to use his own scientific research results. It is difficult to protect one's technological achievements by secret means. First, it will be inadvertently leaked or maliciously stolen. Second, the materialized technical achievements will be exposed more under the current superb analytical technology. Third, people involved in development even bring technology to other enterprises or start their own businesses. Having a technological achievement protected by the patent law, and determining the exclusiveness of the invention-creation granted patent right according to law, is not afraid of leaks, not to mention the loss of technological achievements caused by the job-hopping of technical personnel in the unit. 5. Helping to explore foreign markets: At present, more than 65,438+070 countries and regions in the world have established and implemented patent systems. Many foreign buyers, especially American buyers, will ask local manufacturers or sellers to prove that they own the intellectual property rights of their products, so as to protect themselves from being involved in infringement lawsuits before they are willing to trade. 6. Overcome the big with the small and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises: patents are equally important to large, medium and small enterprises and new enterprises. In the fierce competition market, small enterprises can completely use patented new inventions to beat the leading products set up by large enterprises with huge advertisements.