(2) Analyze the types of patents to be queried. In China, there are three types of patents: invention, utility model and appearance patent. Only when the type of patent is determined can the inquiry be made.
(3) If there is a patent number/application number, you can directly enter it in the column of patent number/application number.
First, the patent application process:
1, to determine whether the invention belongs to patentable content;
2. Determine which patent type (invention, utility model, design) can be applied for the invention content.
Second, what is the meaning of product patent?
Product patents generally refer to patented products, and patented products refer to products with all technical features recorded in patent claims. According to Article 11 of the Patent Law, after the patent right for invention and utility model is granted, no unit or individual may exploit the patent without the permission of the patentee, except as otherwise provided in this Law. That is, it is forbidden to manufacture, use, promise to sell, sell or import its patented products for production and business purposes, or use its patented methods and use, promise to sell, sell or import products directly obtained according to patented methods.
Third, what is the significance of patented technology?
(1) monopolize the market. As long as a product is granted a patent right, it is equivalent to having an exclusive right in the market. Without the permission of the patentee, no one may produce, sell, promise to sell, use or import the patented product. Therefore, patents play a very important role in occupying and protecting the market.
(2) Patents can be sold. Licensed inventions are granted patent rights after patent examination by the Patent Office, thus becoming recognized intangible assets with economic value and can be transferred and sold as commodities.
legal ground
Article 12 of the patent law
Any unit or individual that exploits another person's patent shall conclude an exploitation license contract with the patentee and pay the patentee the royalties. The licensee has no right to allow any unit or individual other than those stipulated in the contract to exploit the patent.
Article 22 of the patent law
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; Before the filing date, no unit or individual filed an application for the same invention or utility model with the administrative department for patent in the State Council, 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. The existing technology mentioned in this law refers to the technology known to the public at home and abroad before the date of application.