Legal analysis: The main types of patent rights are: invention, utility model and design. 1. Invention patent mainly refers to the new technical scheme proposed by the inventor for the product, method or its improvement. Invention patents should not seek technical achievements that have been proved by practice and can be directly applied to industrial production. It can be a technical scheme or an idea; 2. The patent for utility model mainly refers to the invention of the shape and structure of the product or the technical scheme with practicality and novelty. The product shape referred to in the utility model patent includes the observable definite spatial shape. The patent for utility model has been granted without substantive examination; 3. The patent of design mainly refers to the new design made by the inventor on the shape, pattern or combination of products, and the combination of color and shape and pattern, which is aesthetic and suitable for industrial application.
Legal basis: Article 2 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Invention-creation as mentioned in this Law refers to inventions, utility models and designs. Invention refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement.
Utility model refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products. Appearance design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application, which is made on the shape, pattern or their combination of products and all or part of the combination of colors, shapes and patterns.