Patent documents do not include patent fund tables
1. Patent documents, as the name implies, are carriers that record relevant patent content. They include not only paper printed matter, but also optical, electronic, photographic, etc. Information carrier made by method.
2. The types of patent documents can be summarized into the following two types according to the type of documents:
1. Primary patent documents, that is, patent specifications, claims, etc. It is an original document created based on the inventor's invention and creation process and the invention and creation results achieved. The patent description and claims are the core parts of the patent document, which clearly and completely describe the invention. What most scientific and technical personnel usually refer to as checking patent documents mainly refers to checking patent specifications and claims.
2. Secondary patent documents, that is, patent documents that are processed, sorted, simplified, and edited according to certain principles from various scattered primary patent documents. Mainly include patent gazette, patent abstract, patent bibliography, patent classification table, patent classification index and annual cumulative index, etc.
3. Documents in the patent application and approval procedures, such as statements of opinion, patent certificates, etc., are also called patent documents.
IV. Characteristics of patent documents
1. Patent documents disseminate the latest scientific and technological information.
2. Patent documents integrate technical, legal and economic information, and are an information resource with huge data volume and extensive content.
3. Patent documents reveal inventions and creations completely and in detail.
4. The narrative is accurate and of reliable quality.
5. The format of patent documents is unified and standardized, and has a unified classification system to facilitate retrieval, reading and informatization.