1. monopolize the market: as long as a product is granted a patent right, it is equivalent to having an exclusive right in the market. Without the permission of the patentee, no one may produce, sell, promise to sell, use or import the patented product.
2. Prevent others from imitating the new technologies and products developed by this enterprise: once a technology is patented, it is protected by law whether it is made public by publishing papers, attending academic conferences or exhibitions, or by other means. Even if anyone has learned or mastered this technology through the above channels, he can't use it casually after being granted a patent right.
3. Patented technology can be sold (transferred) as a commodity: once the pure technology is granted a patent right, it becomes an industrial property right and forms an intangible asset, which is valuable. A pure technology cannot become an industrial property right (except technical secrets). Therefore, a technological invention can only become an internationally recognized intangible asset if it is patented, examined by the Patent Office and granted a patent right.
4. Avoid being preempted by others to apply for a patent: Although the Patent Law stipulates that it shall not be publicly manufactured, sold or used in China before the patent application date, it is quite difficult to obtain relevant valid evidence afterwards. Therefore, it is possible that someone else will apply for your public product (or technology) and get a valid patent, or even pursue your tort liability in reverse, and then only the dumb will eat coptis chinensis.
5. The patent publicity effect is good, which improves the product grade: when the advertisement or product is marked with the patent mark, consumers think that this product is more reliable and credible, and the visibility of the enterprise is improved. For example, Kelon Company and Midea Company have applied for hundreds of patents, and some of their patented products are marked with the words "CNZL * * * * * *, which has a good market reputation.
6. Avoid the embarrassment of removing the exhibits at the exhibition: at the exhibition, the patent right is like the "birth certificate" of a new product. Whoever has a "birth certificate" has the right to display the product as a patented product.
Legal basis:
patent law of the people's republic of china
Article 11 After the patent right for invention and utility model is granted, except as otherwise provided in this Law, no unit or individual may exploit the patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, use, promise to sell, sell or import the patented product for production and business purposes, nor may it use the patented method and use, promise to sell, sell or import the product directly obtained according to the patented method.
After the design patent is granted, no unit or individual may exploit its patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, promise to sell, sell or import its patented product for production and business purposes.
Article 25 No patent right shall be granted to the following projects:
(1) scientific discoveries;
(2) rules and methods of intellectual activities;
(3) Methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases;
(4) Species of animals and plants;
(5) Nuclear transformation methods and substances obtained by nuclear transformation methods;
(six) the design of the pattern, color or the combination of the two.
The production method of the products listed in Item (4) of the preceding paragraph may be granted a patent right in accordance with the provisions of this Law.