The EU appearance patent protects the appearance of products, and the scope of rights protection is the member States of the EU. European patents protect inventions, products or corresponding methods, including but not limited to EU member states. European patents can be protected in more than 30 countries at most.
According to the European Patent Treaty, a European patent application can become a European patent that takes effect in as many as 38 countries, which greatly simplifies the European patent protection mechanism and provides great convenience for China to apply for European patent protection.