Several patent requirements of the first prize of national scientific and technological progress award

At least five patents are required, and the National Science and Technology Progress Award is one of the five national science and technology awards (National Highest Science and Technology Award, National Natural Science Award, National Technological Invention Award, National Science and Technology Progress Award and International Science and Technology Cooperation Award) established in the State Council. The National Science and Technology Progress Award is mainly awarded to China citizens and organizations who have made creative contributions in technological research, technological development, technological innovation, popularization and application of advanced scientific and technological achievements, promotion of high-tech industrialization, and completion of major scientific and technological projects and plans.

Inventions and utility models patented in Article 22 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall 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. The existing technology mentioned in this law refers to the technology known to the public at home and abroad before the date of application.