Invalid patent 1 can be used by any unit or individual for free, thus obtaining economic benefits. 2. Any unit or individual can improve invalid patents and implement them free of charge.
Invalid patent refers to a patent that has been authorized or published by the Patent Office. After certain legal procedures, it has lost the protection of the patent right or failed to obtain the protection of the patent right from beginning to end (the latter should be strictly called invalid application).
Invalid reason 1, the patent has passed the protection period; 2. The patent protection period is declared invalid; 3. The patentee fails to pay the annual fee or voluntarily gives up the patent right, resulting in the loss of patent protection; 4. Upon examination, the patent was not authorized.
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