Legal analysis: The protection period for utility models is ten years. Utility model is an independent type of patent protection, which refers to a new technical solution with applicability proposed for the shape and structure of a product, or its combination. Utility models are relatively low in creativity and technical level compared to invention patents, but they have great practical value. Since utility model is a type of patent, it has the basic characteristics of patent rights, such as exclusivity, also known as exclusivity, which means that the patentee enjoys exclusive rights to manufacture, use, sell and sell his invention. Import and export rights. The second is regionality. Patent rights have regional characteristics and are valid within the legal jurisdiction of the country. They have no binding force on other countries. Foreign countries have no obligation to protect this patent. The third is the term. For utility model patents, the protection period stipulated in our country is ten years, which is calculated from the day of patent application.
Legal basis: "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 42 The term of invention patent is twenty years, and the term of utility model patent and design patent is ten years. All are calculated from the date of application.