Patent, literally, refers to the exclusive right. The word "patent" comes from Latin Litteraepatentes, which means open letters or open documents. It is a certificate used by medieval monarchs to issue certain privileges, and later refers to the exclusive rights certificate signed by the British king himself.
In modern times, patents are generally documents issued by government agencies or regional organizations representing several countries according to their applications. This kind of document records the contents of the invention and creation, and in a certain period of time, it has produced such a legal state that the patented invention and creation can only be implemented by others with the permission of the patentee.
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Characteristics of invention patents
1, exclusive
Appropriateness is also called "exclusivity". The so-called exclusivity means that the patentee enjoys the exclusive right to manufacture, use, sell and import and export his invention and creation.
That is to say, without the permission of the patentee, no other unit or individual may manufacture, use, sell, promise to sell and import and export its patented products for production and business purposes, nor may it use its patented methods, nor may it manufacture, use, sell, promise to sell and import and export products directly obtained by its methods without the permission of the patentee. Otherwise, it is patent infringement.
2. Persistence
The patent laws of all countries clearly stipulate that the protection period of the invention patent right generally ranges from 10-20 years from the date of application; The term of utility model and design patent is 5- 10 years in most countries, while the term of protection of invention patent, utility model patent and design patent in China is 20 years from the date of filing, 10 years and 10 years respectively.
3. Invisible
Patent right is intangible, and many people often take this feature of patent right as the object of protection-the technology protected by patent right is actually the patent right itself. Otherwise, as far as a trademark is concerned, its object is a pattern, which is obviously not intangible.
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