Technical secrets mainly refer to industrial know-how, that is, the secrets of production, assembly, repair and operation, as well as other technical knowledge and experience that have been adopted or will be adopted in production and are known by only a few people and do not enjoy the protection of industrial property rights. Such as design drawings, test results and test records; Technical secrets in a broad sense also include commercial (trade) secrets, that is, secret market information, such as raw material prices, supplier cards, financial information, etc.
Technical secrets are secret and not open; Patent technology has the characteristics of openness, exclusiveness and novelty.