Definition and main contents of patent

1. What is a patent? According to the patent law, the state grants the applicant the right to monopolize, use, dispose of and benefit from his invention and creation within a certain period of time. It is a kind of property right and a powerful weapon for new products and technologies to monopolize the existing market and seize the potential market according to law. 2. What does a patent include? In China, patents include invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. (1) An invention patent refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement. (2) A patent for utility model refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products. (3) A design patent refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application based on the shape, pattern or combination of colors, shapes and patterns of a product. 3. What are the characteristics of patents? (1) exclusivity. After the patent right for invention and utility model is granted, no unit or individual may, without the permission of the patentee, manufacture, use, sell, promise to sell or import the patented product or produce the product according to its patented method for production and operation purposes. After the design patent is authorized, no unit or individual may manufacture, sell or import its patented products for production and business purposes without the permission of the patentee. (2) timeliness. The invention is only protected by law within the term of patent protection. Invalid patents include expired patents or abandoned patents, which can be used by anyone for free without paying an annual fee. (3) regionality. An invention is protected by law in any country where it is patented. Foreign patents are not protected in China, and China patents are not protected in foreign countries.