Many friends want to know what types of patents include, let us take a look below.
According to the relevant provisions of my country’s patent law, patents are divided into three types: inventions, utility models, and designs.
1. Invention patent: refers to a new technical solution proposed for a product, method or improvement thereof. Patentable inventions can be product inventions or method inventions;
2. Utility model patents: refer to new technologies proposed for the shape, structure or combination of products that are suitable for practical use plan. Utility model patent applications must be product patent applications;
3. Design patent: a new design of the shape, pattern, color or combination of a product that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application.
Patent
A patent is generally a document issued upon application by a government agency or a regional organization representing several countries. This document records the content of the invention and creation, and is Within a certain period of time, a legal state arises, that is, a patented invention can generally be implemented by others only with the permission of the patentee.