How to disclose invention patents in advance

According to the provisions of China's Patent Law, if the Patent Office considers the application for a patent for invention to be in conformity with the provisions of this Law after preliminary examination, it shall publish the application 18 months after the date of filing. The so-called early disclosure means that the applicant can request the early disclosure of his patent application from the date of application and the priority date, and shall submit an early disclosure statement. After the early public statement has passed the preliminary examination of the Patent Office, it can immediately enter the public procedure. The pre-public statement is only applicable to the application for a patent for invention. The applicant's pre-public statement cannot be attached with any conditions. For the applicant, the advantage of making the invention patent public in advance is that according to the patent law, after the application for the invention patent is published, the applicant can ask the unit or individual who implements the invention to pay an appropriate fee, that is, to obtain the so-called "temporary protection". If the application is published as soon as possible, the applicant can obtain temporary protection as stipulated in the patent law as soon as possible. In addition, early publication may help patents to enter and occupy the market in the future. The disadvantage is that if the application content is made public too early, others may use the application, which may harm the interests of the applicant. In addition, there is a great difference between published and unpublished patent applications. If the application content has not been made public, the technology can also be owned by the applicant as a technical secret, and a new patent application can be filed in the future; If the application content has been published, it means that the technology has entered the well-known technical field, and the applicant can no longer obtain patent protection for the same content. Applicants often hope that this disclosure will take place later, so as to have more time to finally decide whether to disclose their technology or prepare for it. From the public point of view, the early publication of invention patents is conducive to the spread of the latest technology; Avoid repeated research and reduce unnecessary waste of human, material and financial resources; Inspired by other people's inventions, develop and update more advanced technologies as soon as possible.