What is the public opinion on patent and what is its function?
If the patent applied for is a duplicate patent that others have already applied for, or the patent doesn't reflect the three characteristics at all, even if it has passed the patent examination, it may still be objected by the public. What is the patent public opinion? Let's learn what is the patent objection review. It refers to a review system that allows anyone in the society to raise objections to the patent application within the legal time limit after the patent application is announced. Through this objection review, the Patent Office extensively solicits the public's evaluation of the patent application, finds the problems in time, and makes the right authorization decision, thus reducing the disputes after patent authorization. Therefore, public opinions on patents are also very useful public supervision. Any person's opinions on an application for a patent for invention that does not conform to the provisions of the Patent Law shall be stored in the application document for the examiner to consider during substantive examination. If the public opinion is received after the examiner has issued the notice of granting the patent right, it need not be considered. The handling of public opinions by the Patent Office need not inform the public who put forward opinions. Within 3 months from the date of announcement of the patent application, anyone can raise an objection to the application to the Patent Office. Of course, it doesn't mean that the patent application is decided by the opinions of Patent examiners and the patent public. In any case, the main embodiment of applying for a patent is to move closer to the patent. As long as there are three bases for patent application, if the patentee refuses to accept the examination results, he may, within three months from the date of receiving the notice of the decision of the Patent Office, request a reexamination from the Patent Reexamination Board. Even if the patent reexamination is not adopted, the patentee can go to the court for corresponding litigation.