Legal analysis: The conditions for applying for patent rights are: 1. The applicant has the qualifications to apply; 2. The object of the patent should be one of inventions, utility models and designs; 3. The person who grants the patent right Inventions and utility models must be novel, creative and practical.
Legal basis: Article 2 of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China
Inventions and creations as mentioned in this law refer to inventions, utility models and designs.
Article 22
Inventions and utility models for which patent rights are granted shall possess novelty, creativity and practicality.
Novelty means that the invention or utility model does not belong to the existing technology; no unit or individual has applied for the same invention or utility model to the patent administration department of the State Council before the application date, and It shall be recorded in patent application documents or published patent documents published after the filing date.
Creativity means that compared with the existing technology, the invention has outstanding substantive features and significant progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress.
Practiceability means that the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects.
The term "existing technology" as used in this Law refers to technology that was known to the public at home and abroad before the filing date