Is it easy to apply for a national patent?

Legal analysis: Patent application is actually not as difficult as imagined. If you have a new idea to solve practical problems, which is unique and can finally be realized in a tangible way, you can apply for a national patent. There are three kinds of patents: invention, utility model and design. The main difference is that the technical content of the concept is different, the length of protection is different, and the maintenance cost is different.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Invention-creation as mentioned in this Law refers to inventions, utility models and designs.

Invention refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement.

Utility model refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products.

Appearance design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application, which is made on the shape, pattern or their combination of products and all or part of the combination of colors, shapes and patterns.