Patent literature, as its name implies, is the carrier for recording patent contents, including not only paper printed matter, but also information carriers made by optical, electrical and photographic methods.
The types of patent documents can be summarized into the following two types according to the types of documents:
1, patent documents, i.e. patent specification, claims, etc. It is an original document based on the inventor's invention and creation process and achievements. Patent specification and patent claims are the core parts of patent documents, which give a clear and complete explanation of inventions and creations. What most scientific and technical personnel usually refer to as patent document retrieval mainly refers to the retrieval of patent specifications and patent claims.
2. Second-level patent documents, that is, the scattered first-level patent documents are processed, sorted, simplified and edited according to certain principles. There are mainly patent bulletin, patent abstract, patent title, patent classification table, patent classification index and annual cumulative index.
patent law of the people's republic of china
Article 26 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): To apply for a patent for invention or utility model, a request, specification, abstract, patent right and other documents shall be submitted. The request shall specify the name of the invention or utility model, the name of the inventor, the name and address of the applicant and other matters. The specification shall give a clear and complete description of the invention or utility model, which shall be subject to the realization of the technical personnel in the technical field, and shall be accompanied by drawings when necessary.
The technical points of the invention or utility model shall be briefly explained. The patent claim shall be based on the specification, and clearly and briefly define the scope of patent protection. For inventions that rely on genetic resources, the applicant shall state the direct and original sources of genetic resources in the patent application documents. If the applicant cannot explain the original source, it shall explain the reasons.