In the product planning stage, certain concepts, ideas and preliminary appearance drawings will be formed. At this time, you can technically supplement these contents and apply for related patents. After entering the product research and development stage, the original concepts and ideas will be actually created, and a lot of other improvements or brand-new technologies will be produced at the same time. At this time, patent application and layout can be carried out for specific technologies. Before the product goes on the market, do a good job in the technical research of the final product to ensure the full development of the patent application.
Of course, patent search, anti-infringement analysis and follow-up search must be done well before the development or actual application of all these technologies, otherwise, it is not only a problem that the applied patent may not be effectively protected. Once the infringement problem occurs (especially in the case of borrowing technology), the cost is not only economic, but also the reputation and brand image of the company will be hit.
Patent application is important, but patent retrieval, anti-infringement analysis and tracking retrieval are the most important.