1, pointing to only inventions, utility models and designs;
2. Rights have a time limit, that is, the time limit for invention patents is 20 years, and the time limit for utility model patents and design patents is 10 years;
3. Inventions and utility models should be novel, creative and practical;
4. Other characteristics of the patent right.
legal ground
Article 2 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall come into force on June 1 20265438.
Invention-creation as mentioned in this Law refers to inventions, utility models and designs.
Article 22
Inventions and utility models granted patent rights should be novel, creative and practical.
Article 42
The term of the invention patent right is 20 years, and the term of the utility model patent right and the design patent right is 10 years, both counting from the date of application.
Article 43
The patentee shall pay the annual fee from the year when the patent right is granted.
Article 44
In any of the following circumstances, the patent right shall be terminated before the expiration of the time limit:
(a) failing to pay the annual fee in accordance with the provisions;
(2) The patentee waives his patent right in writing.
Where the patent right is terminated before the expiration of the time limit, it shall be registered and announced by the patent administration department of the State Council.