What are the principles of the patent examination system?

Due to the need of patent examination, patent offices all over the world have a group of well-trained and high-level experts engaged in patent examination. In order to meet the needs of examiners, patent offices generally collect patent documents and non-patent documents from major countries in the world. The examination shall be conducted in strict accordance with the Patent Law, its detailed rules for implementation and examination procedures, and shall be conducted through document retrieval and technical examination in accordance with the law, instead of holding meetings or voting. Therefore, most patents approved and granted by scientific examination have high reliability.

The openness of the notification principle is an important feature of the patent system and one of its greatest advantages. "Publicity" means that when any unit or individual applies for a patent, it submits the main contents of its invention and creation in a detailed specification to the patent administration department of the State Council, and after being examined and approved by the patent administration department of the State Council, it discloses the contents of its invention and creation to the whole world in the form of a public patent specification. The patent specification mainly plays two roles: first, as a legal document, it publicly announces who owns the patented technology. For researchers, the patent specification is a must-see information. Otherwise, if you repeat the research work that others have obtained patents, even if it is successful, the results will not be protected by law, and it will also cause waste of manpower, material resources and financial resources; The second is to play the role of technical intelligence information. This is the most reliable, timely and comprehensive technical information, and the patent literature is systematic and normative. You can understand the legal status, technical trends and market trends of industrial products and modes of production, as well as the strength and competitive situation of various economic entities. Therefore, attention should be paid to and reference should be made when making scientific research, production and business plans. After the disclosure of the invention in the form of patent specification, people can inspire each other after reading it, and it is easy to develop newer and higher-level technological achievements on this basis. This is the positive role played by the patent system.

Now that the international principle technology has been commercialized, it will soon surpass national boundaries and become an international commodity circulating around the world, especially in today's increasingly integrated world economy. Although the patent laws of various countries are only valid within their own scope, and the patents approved by one country are invalid for other countries, they have all established patent systems in accordance with the provisions of the Paris Convention, and bilateral exchanges can strive for reciprocity. Therefore, the implementation of the patent system and patent protection can eliminate the concerns of technology owners because the export technology is not protected, and can promote mutual technical exchanges and cooperation to a greater extent. Otherwise, it will affect international technical exchanges. For example, before the implementation of the patent system in China, foreign businessmen often refused to transfer advanced technology to us or transferred it to us at a price several times higher than usual on the grounds that their technology could not be protected by patents in China. The implementation of China's patent system has created a good environment and conditions for China's foreign technical exchanges and cooperation.