Patent is a legal concept. The purpose of the patent system is to protect inventors and encourage inventions. The state grants the patentee a monopoly privilege for a certain period of time and enjoys economic benefits.
Patent contains three aspects of information: technical information, legal information and market information.
Technical information: in order to meet the requirements of the patent law, it is necessary to disclose the technical content in detail in the patent specification, that is, it is necessary to disclose the technical content in detail in the sample part of the specification. Disclosure of technical information in exchange for protection is also an important principle in the patent system. Therefore, we can see the technical content through patents, which is also an important way to understand the technical trends of competitors.
Legal information: At the same time, the claim part of the patent specification defines the scope of patent protection, which has legal significance. When judging whether other people's products infringe the patent right of the patent, it is necessary to compare the claim with the product. When the product covers all the technical features recorded in the claims, it is considered that the product falls within the protection scope of this patent. You can think about it, the more features recorded in the claim, the better? Of course not! The more functions, the smaller the scope of protection, and it is difficult for small circles to win the grand prize!
Market information: From the analysis of patent data, we can get a lot of market competition information. If the number of patents in some fields begins to rise rapidly or even blow out, it means that more enterprises begin to pay attention to this field, increase research and development efforts, and produce more patents, then this may be the next vent! Through the analysis of patent applicants, we can also see which companies are participating in the competition, which giants are there, which fields are covered by these giants' applications and what they are paying attention to. This kind of competitive intelligence is very important for small companies that follow in the footsteps of giants.
Ok, now do you understand what a patent is?
A good patent is born out of a good technology, but on this basis, a good patent agent needs to combine the existing technology and market information to dig and polish the technology deeply, thus producing high-quality patents, and several high-quality patents can form a powerful patent fence together.