Knowledge expansion:
Patent, literally, refers to the exclusive right. The word "patent" comes from Latin "Litterae patentes", which means open letters or open documents. It is a certificate used by medieval monarchs to issue certain privileges, and later refers to the exclusive right certificate signed by the British king himself.
In modern times, patents are generally documents issued by government agencies or regional organizations representing several countries according to their applications. This kind of document records the contents of the invention and creation, and in a certain period of time, it has produced such a legal state that under normal circumstances, a patented invention and creation can only be implemented by others with the permission of the patentee.
There are three kinds of patents in China: invention patents, utility model patents and design patents.
As the most effective carrier of technical information, patent literature contains more than 90% of the latest technical information in the world, which is 5-6 years earlier than the information provided by general technical publications. Moreover, 70%-80% of inventions are only disclosed through patent documents, which are not found in other scientific and technological documents. Compared with other literary forms, patents are more novel and practical.
It can be seen that patent literature is the largest technical information source in the world. According to empirical statistical analysis, patent literature contains 90% ~ 95% of the global scientific and technological information.
Such a huge information resource is far from being fully utilized. In fact, for enterprise organizations, patents are the only place where competitors have to disclose some key information to the public, and these information will not be disclosed elsewhere.
Therefore, the analyst of enterprise competitive intelligence can get a lot of useful information from patent literature through careful, rigorous, comprehensive and relevant analysis, so that the published patent information can be used by enterprises and realize its unique economic value.
Consulting patent documents frequently in scientific research can not only improve the research starting point and level of scientific research projects, but also save about 60% of research time and 40% of research funds.