The main body of patent literature
Patent specification is the main body of patent literature, and its main function is to disclose technical information on the one hand; On the other hand, it is to limit the scope of patent right. When users search for patent documents, they finally get this full-text published patent document. What does the patent specification include? China's patent specification adopts the international common patent document arrangement method, that is, each specification consists of the title page of the specification, the patent claim, the specification and the attached drawings in turn. The title page includes the invention name, applicant, patentee, application number, announcement number, classification number, etc. All descriptive items, abstracts and drawings, as well as the priority application date, application number and application country. Starting from 1993, according to the provisions of the revised patent law, the invention patent shall be published at the expiration of 18 months from the date of application, and a pamphlet of the disclosure specification for the invention patent application shall be published. After a patent for invention is granted through substantive examination, the description of the patent for invention shall be published. After the patent right is granted, the specification of the patent for utility model shall be published. The design patent is only published in the patent gazette.