In fact, many researchers and inventors are reluctant to apply for patents. It is because after applying for a patent, the patented technology will be made public, known by many people, infringed and imitated.
However, the purpose of patent application is to protect your technology from being infringed by others. This is achieved through legal protection of open technology. Unlike trade secrets, trade secrets are protected by means of confidentiality. In an application for a patent for invention, the patented technology is temporarily protected by law from the date of publication to the time of patent authorization. If someone infringes, the obligee can claim rights. Article 13 of the Patent Law stipulates: "After the publication of an application for a patent for invention, the applicant may require the entity or individual who exploits the invention to pay an appropriate fee." During this period, the protection of patent applications is generally called "temporary protection". When an application is granted a patent right, it should be protected. The law gives the patent applicant a patent right, which is equivalent to monopoly, but it is legal and recognized by law. Since you have the right, you should undertake the obligation, that is, to disclose your patented technology, so that others can go further on the basis of your technology, thus promoting social scientific and technological progress.
Therefore, the patent law is relatively conducive to the spread of science and technology.