Legal analysis: 1. Determine the ownership relationship of invention and creation through legal procedures, so as to effectively protect the achievements of invention and creation and monopolize the market in exchange for maximizing benefits. 2. Strive for the initiative of market competition and ensure the safety of production and sales. 3. The state has certain support policies for patent application and will give some policy and economic help. It constitutes a technical barrier. If others want to develop similar technologies or products, they must obtain the consent of the patentee. 5. It can promote the upgrading of products, improve the technical content of products, improve the quality of products, reduce costs, and make the products of enterprises invincible in the market competition. 6. Enterprises with independent intellectual property rights are not only powerful enterprises that consumers long for, but also the main target groups supported by various government policies. 7. In addition to the above functions, having a certain number of patents is also an important indicator in the evaluation of enterprises' listing. In short, patents can be used as a shield to protect their own technology and products; It can also be used as a spear to attack opponents' aggression. Making full use of the function of patent will greatly promote the production and operation of enterprises.
Legal basis: Article 7 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) prohibits any unit or individual from suppressing an inventor or designer's application for a patent for non-service invention-creation.