Australia's innovation patent was established based on the "Patent Law Amendment" passed in November 2000 and implemented on May 24 of the following year. It is used to completely replace the original minor patent. new system. The purpose of establishing this new system is to better protect the interests of some small and medium-sized enterprises with low creative capabilities and small intellectual property budgets in a quick and economical way, and to adapt to the short life cycle of IT products in the market. characteristics. Compared with original petty patents, innovation patents have many distinguishing features. For example, in an innovation patent application, up to five claims can be made, and there is no limit to the number of independent claims and dependent claims, while the original petty patents A patent application can only have one independent claim and two dependent claims; the maximum protection period for an innovation patent is 8 years, and the maximum protection period for an original minor patent is 6 years. In practice, patent applications in Australia have not increased significantly due to the implementation of the innovative patent system. For applicants, applying for an innovation patent is often just a matter of litigation strategy and is a means to obtain basic patent protection as soon as possible in conjunction with a standard patent application.