What are the advantages and disadvantages of patent utility model?

The advantages of utility model patent are: substantial characteristics and progress; Creative requirements are not high, but practical value is strong; The patent examination time is short and the authorization time is fast; The application fee is lower than the invention patent.

legal ground

Article 22 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Inventions and utility models granted patent rights should be novel, creative and practical.

Novelty means that the invention or utility model does not belong to the prior art; No unit or individual filed an application for the same invention or utility model with the administrative department for patent in the State Council before the filing date, and it was recorded in the patent application documents published or announced after the filing date.

Creativity means that compared with the prior art, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress.

Practicality means that the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects.