The invention recognized in China's patent law is: (1) product invention. Refers to all kinds of finished products or products created by people through intellectual labor. These products are unprecedented in nature and human society and have practical application value. Articles that are completely in a natural state and exist without human processing and creation are not product inventions. Material invention refers to the invention of new compounds of two or more elements obtained by a certain method. Scientifically speaking, material invention is also a product invention.