The so-called scientific discovery refers to the revelation of unknown things or laws in scientific activities, mainly including the discovery of facts and the proposal of theories.
However, if a new gearbox is proposed, it does not belong to the scope of scientific discovery, but belongs to the new technical scheme of products, methods or their improvement. You can get a patent right.
Legal basis:
Article 25 of the Patent Law shall not grant a patent right to the following items:
(1) scientific discoveries;
(2) rules and methods of intellectual activities;
(3) Methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases;
(4) Species of animals and plants;
(5) substances obtained by nuclear transformation;
(six) the design of the pattern, color or the combination of the two.
The production method of the products listed in Item (4) of the preceding paragraph may be granted a patent right in accordance with the provisions of this Law.