China's patent law stipulates that an invention-creation applying for a patent shall not lose its novelty in any of the following circumstances within six months before the date of filing:
1. Inventions and creations exhibited for the first time in an international exhibition sponsored or recognized by the China Municipal Government shall not lose their novelty if they apply for a patent within 6 months from the date of exhibition. International exhibitions hosted by China Municipal Government include those hosted by the State Council, ministries and commissions or organized by other organs or local governments with the approval of the State Council.
2. An invention-creation first published at a specific academic conference or technical conference shall not lose its novelty if it applies for a patent within 6 months after its publication. The academic conference or technical conference mentioned here refers to the academic conference or technical conference organized by the relevant competent departments or national academic organizations in the State Council.
3. If others disclose the contents of the invention and creation without the consent of the applicant, if the applicant applies for a patent within 6 months from the date of disclosure of the invention and creation, there will be no loss of novelty.
Other people disclose the contents of inventions and creations without the consent of the applicant, including others failing to abide by the express or implied confidentiality agreement and others obtaining the contents of inventions and creations from the inventor or any other person informed by him by means of threats, fraud or economic espionage? Disclosure after content invention and creation.
Patents:
Patent system is a legal system to protect the intellectual property rights of inventions and creations under the conditions of market economy, aiming at protecting technology from exclusive rights. Any subject other than the obligee can only obtain the right to use the patent through the authorization of the patentee.
According to the patent law, the state grants the inventor or his successor the right to monopolize, use, dispose of and benefit from his inventions and creations within a certain period of time.
The emphasis here is on exclusive rights; Second, it refers to inventions protected by the patent law, that is, patented technology, which is a proprietary technology recognized by the state and protected by law on the basis of publicity. In China, there are three kinds of patents: inventions, utility models and designs.