As people’s awareness of patents increases, many people or companies are looking forward to patent applications, because if the patent application is successful, it will not only protect their intellectual property rights, but also bring certain economic benefits. But you may not know that not all technological inventions can be patented, and some cannot be patented.
So, what are the projects that cannot be patented? The following nine categories cannot be applied for:
1. Inventions and creations that violate the law, such as equipment, machines or tools used for gambling; equipment that can be used for drug abuse; and that can be used to counterfeit national currency, bills, and official documents Such inventions and creations do not include weapons themselves, various poisons used for medical treatment, narcotics, stimulants, chess and cards used for entertainment, etc.
2. Inventions and creations that violate Chinese social ethics, such as designs with violent murders or obscene images or photos, artificial sex organs or their substitutes for non-medical purposes, human cloning or human cloning methods, etc. .
3. Inventions and creations that harm public interests, such as those that can cause harm to people or damage finances, seriously pollute the environment, seriously waste energy, and seriously endanger public health.
4. Scientific discoveries, such as the revelation of objective laws and phenomena that exist in nature, cannot be patented.
5. Rules and methods of intellectual activities, such as management methods and systems, time schedules, reasoning methods, operating instructions, computer languages ??and calculation rules, calculation formulas, game rules and methods, statistical methods, etc. , neither can apply for a patent.
6. Animal and plant species.
7. Diagnosis and treatment methods of diseases.
8. The atomic nucleus transformation method and the substances obtained by this method involve significant interests in the country's economy, national defense, scientific research and public life, so patents cannot be applied for.
9. The design of the pattern, color or combination of the two on a flat printed matter, which mainly serves the purpose of marking.
None of the above 9 categories can apply for a patent. If you don’t understand before applying, you can consult Bajie’s online customer service.
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