1. When starting a research project, you can fully understand the existing technical level of a specific technical field, choose a high starting point and new research fields, avoid duplication of labor and investment, and save time and research funds;
2. In scientific research activities, understanding the development history, achievements and various solutions of scientific research projects is helpful for researchers to explore ideas and stimulate creative thinking;
3. It is helpful to realize the industrialization of science and technology, better combine scientific research with the market, and accelerate the popularization and application of scientific and technological achievements;
4. Novelty retrieval in the project review stage can provide a scientific scale for project declaration and review;
5. It is conducive to understanding the development trends of world science and technology, introducing new foreign technologies in time, and improving the scientific research level and overall strength of China.
With the birth of CD-ROM publication of patent documents in China, it is time-saving and labor-saving to retrieve patent documents from CD-ROM by computer. The CD-ROM of China Patent Database published by Patent Literature Publishing House records all patent documents since the implementation of 1985 Patent Law. Its content is similar to an index. It takes more recording items as the entrance, and then enters the announcement CD and the explanation CD, and you can get all the documents you need.