On April 25, according to public information, Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. applied to disclose a one-way friend detection method, device, media and computer equipment for social accounts on April 23 ? patent. ?
What is the role of applying for a patent?
Patents can effectively protect inventions and creations. The patent office discloses inventions and creations to the public and grants patent rights. Inventors enjoy exclusive rights to their inventions and creations within the time limit, so that they can fully protect their creations and prevent others from imitating and infringing upon them. Whether it is for an enterprise or an individual, it helps to protect one's core technology. This is also the core role of patents. Correspondingly, if there are enough good patents, the competitiveness of enterprises will be greater, and it will be more conducive to occupying the market.
What are the benefits of applying for a patent?
Applying for a patent, in the eyes of some companies, is to make the company more qualified and look higher (in fact, many patents are useless); for individuals, it depends on what patent you are applying for. Well, if you apply for an invention patent successfully, the state will pay you. Ordinary patents basically have no money and are very time-consuming. I have to write the patent myself, which is very tedious and will be slapped down, and the review time is long. It's very long. It takes at least a year to get a patent. All kinds of communication are very tiring. The patents applied for by my previous company are basically operated by us. In my opinion, the actual usable value of those patents is not high. , it just sounds nice. ?
What is the significance of applying for a patent?
After applying for a patent, the state basically protects your ownership rights. Within a certain period of time, the patent belongs to you alone. Once someone uses something in your patent, he or she does not own the patent. If so, you can defend your rights. But there are many types of patents, among which invention patents are more difficult to successfully apply for. If others apply for an invention patent, and you apply for an ordinary patent (if there is no time difference), the invention patent will have more words than the ordinary patent. right.