Novelty means: 1. Before submitting a patent application to the Patent Office, no identical invention was published in domestic and foreign publications. ② Not publicly used in China or otherwise known to the public. Before the filing date of the application, no similar invention or utility model was filed with the Patent Office by others and recorded in the later published patent application documents.
Creativity means that the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress compared with the prior art before the filing date. The utility model has substantial characteristics and remarkable progress.
Practicality means that the invention and creation for which a patent is applied can be manufactured in the production of industries such as industry and agriculture, or can be applied in industry or life, and can produce positive effects.
According to the provisions of the Patent Law, a design that has been granted a patent right shall be published in domestic and foreign publications before the date of application, or the design that has been publicly used in China is different and not similar.