Patent application or formula confidentiality

Legal analysis: secrecy is better. Using technical secrets, without procedures such as approval, review and payment, may bring greater economic benefits, but its disadvantages are: it is difficult to keep secrets and there are greater risks; The way of patent protection lies in legal protection, but its disadvantage is that there are various procedures such as approval, examination and payment, and it is also difficult to obtain evidence of infringement.

Legal basis: decision of NPC Standing Committee on amending the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). 2. The first paragraph of Article 6 is amended as: "An invention-creation made by performing the tasks of the entity or mainly utilizing the material and technical conditions of the entity is a service invention-creation. The right to apply for a patent for a service invention-creation belongs to the unit. After the application is approved, the unit becomes the patentee. Units can dispose of their right to apply for patents and patent rights for service inventions and creations according to law, and promote the implementation and application of related inventions and creations. "