What does the invention patent mean?

Invention as mentioned in the patent law refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement. Invention refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement. Invention, utility model and design together constitute the object protected by China's patent law. As a kind of intellectual property, invention patent naturally has the universal characteristics of intellectual property, namely timeliness, regionality, impersonality and exclusiveness. However, compared with other types of patents, invention patents have their own characteristics.

patent law of the people's republic of china

Article 11

After the patent right for invention and utility model is granted, except as otherwise provided in this Law, no unit or individual may exploit the patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, use, promise to sell, sell or import the patented product for production and business purposes, nor may it use the patented method and use, promise to sell, sell or import the product directly obtained according to the patented method.

After the design patent is granted, no unit or individual may exploit its patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, promise to sell, sell or import its patented product for production and business purposes.