What is patent priority? What are the contents of patent priority?

What is patent priority? What are the contents of patent priority? Bian Xiao answers: What is patent priority and what is patent priority? Patent priority means that the patent applicant first filed a patent application in a country for his invention and creation, and then filed a patent application for the invention and creation of the same theme within the statutory time limit. According to the relevant laws and regulations, the date of the first patent application is the date of his later application, and this right enjoyed by the patent applicant according to law is the priority. What are the contents of patent priority? Patent priority can be divided into domestic priority and international priority. 1, domestic priority domestic priority, also known as domestic priority, means that the patent applicant applies for a patent for an invention or utility model with the same theme for the first time in China within 12 months from the date of filing a patent application, and can enjoy priority. In China's priority system, design patents are not included. 2. International Priority International priority, also known as foreign priority, means that a patent applicant files a patent application in China within 12 months from the date of filing a patent application for the same invention or utility model for the first time in a foreign country, or within 6 months from the date of filing a patent application for the same design for the first time in a foreign country, and China takes the date of filing a patent application for the first time in a foreign country as the priority date. What is the purpose of patent priority? The purpose of patent priority is to exclude the possibility that anyone who plagiarizes this patent in other countries may first apply and get registered.