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Patents can make enterprises occupy a favorable position in the fierce market competition, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, good patents are enough to make them invincible in the market. Specifically, patents can bring us the following functions: 1. Monopoly the market. As long as a product is granted a patent right, it is equivalent to having an exclusive right in the market. Without the permission of the patentee, no one may produce, sell, promise to sell, use or import the patented product. Therefore, patents play a very important role in occupying and protecting the market. After GATT formulated the Agreement on the Protection of Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights, this role became more prominent. It links patent protection with international trade and strengthens patent protection. For example, a copy company, because its XEPOX9 14 copier has patent protection, the sales volume of photocopiers in 10 increased by 20 times, and the profit increased by 17 times. 2 to prevent others from imitating the new technologies and products developed by this enterprise. Once a technology is patented, whether it is made public by publishing papers, attending academic conferences or exhibitions, or by other means, it is made public under the protection of law. Even if anyone has learned or mastered this technology through the above channels, he can't use it casually after the technology is granted a patent. For example, there are 20 imitations of the SINCEII emulator developed by a research institute. Because there is no patent application, there is no way to restrict others from copying. Later, the Institute successfully re-studied the SINCEII simulator and applied for a patent before putting it on the market, which effectively prevented others from imitating it. High-tech products need patent protection, and low-tech products need patent protection even more, because low-tech products are more likely to be imitated, and enterprises should pay attention to them. 3. Patented technology can be sold (transferred) as a commodity. Once the patent right is granted, pure technology becomes industrial property right, forming intangible assets and having value. A pure technology cannot become an industrial property right (except technical secrets). Therefore, a technological invention can only become an internationally recognized intangible asset if it is patented, examined by the Patent Office and granted a patent right. For example, Yangzi Refrigerator Factory, Siemens and Bosch established "Anweibo Western Refrigeration Co., Ltd.". Among them, Yangzi Refrigerator Factory invested in 25 patents for refrigerators and freezers, with an estimated price of nearly US$ 4.82 million, equivalent to RMB 4010.4 million, which was recognized by Siemens and Bosch in Germany. 4. Avoid being preempted by others to apply for a patent. Although the Patent Law stipulates that it shall not be publicly manufactured, sold or used in China before the date of patent application, it is quite difficult to obtain relevant valid evidence afterwards. Therefore, there is the possibility that someone else has applied for your public product (or technology) and obtained a valid patent, and even pursued your tort liability in reverse, and then only the dumb person will eat Huanglian. 5. The patent publicity effect is good. When an advertisement or product is marked with a patent mark, consumers think that the product is more reliable and credible, which improves the visibility of the enterprise. For example, Kelon Company and Midea Company have applied for hundreds of patents, and some of their patented products are marked with the words "CNZL * * * * * *, which has a good market reputation. 6. Avoid the embarrassment of removing the exhibits at the exhibition. At the exhibition, the patent right is like a "birth certificate" of a new product. Whoever has a "birth certificate" has the right to display the product as a patented product. Otherwise, there is the danger of being ordered to take off the shelves to display the goods at any time, or even being disqualified from participating in the exhibition (large-scale exhibitions generally have relevant provisions on intellectual property protection, such as the implementation of complaints and handling methods of suspected infringement of intellectual property rights in the Canton Fair). Therefore, exhibitors should apply for patents for their new products in time, and suggest suppliers to apply for patents before organizing exhibitions for their new products. Of course, in addition to the benefits mentioned above, patents are generally used as an important indicator for evaluation of enterprises' listing and as a bridge for the marketization of scientific research results. In short, patents can be used as a shield to protect their own technology and products; It can also be used as a spear to attack opponents' aggression. Patents should be used well, and the role of patents in enterprises is infinite.