What is a patent?
1, "patent" comes from Latin Litteraepatentes, which means open letter or open document. It is a certificate used by medieval monarchs to issue certain privileges, and later refers to the exclusive rights certificate signed by the British king himself.
2. In modern times, patents are generally documents issued by government agencies or regional organizations representing several countries according to their applications. This kind of document records the contents of the invention and creation, and in a certain period of time, it has produced such a legal state that the patented invention and creation can only be implemented by others under normal circumstances with the permission of the patentee. In China, there are three kinds of patents: inventions, utility models and designs.
3. As the most effective carrier of technical information, patent literature contains more than 9% of the latest technical information in the world, which is 5-6 years earlier than the information provided by general technical publications. Moreover, 7%-8% of inventions are only disclosed through patent documents, which are not found in other scientific and technological documents. Compared with other literary forms, patents are more novel and practical. It can be seen that patent literature is the largest technical information source in the world. According to empirical statistical analysis, patent literature contains 9%-95% of the global scientific and technological information.
Standards are summaries of scientific, technical and practical experiences. In order to get the best order in a certain range, the activity of formulating the same and reusable rules for actual or potential problems, that is, the process of formulating, publishing and implementing standards, is called standardization.
Standards and patents play the same role in promoting technological innovation, promoting the dissemination and application of innovation results, and enhancing consumer welfare. Since the implementation of the standard does not exclude economic costs, the introduction of patented technology will not cause difficulties in the implementation of the standard. In order to fulfill the obligations of international treaties such as the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, our government must also allow the introduction of patented technology in the formulation of standards.
The combination of standards and patents can be more advanced, thus better promoting the development of market economy.