What are the advantages of applying for a patent?

Patent application has the following benefits and functions:

1. After the patent application is authorized, the patent enjoys the exclusive right to exploit, and no one may exploit the patent without authorization, otherwise it will bear legal responsibilities;

2. Better protect the legitimate rights and interests of patentees and prevent and punish infringement;

3. Encourage invention and creation, promote the application of invention and creation, improve innovation ability, and promote scientific and technological progress and economic and social development;

4. Other benefits and functions.

legal ground

Article 1 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

This Law is formulated with a view to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of patentees, encouraging inventions and creations, promoting the application of inventions and creations, improving innovation ability, and promoting scientific and technological progress and economic and social development.

Article 11

After the patent right for invention and utility model is granted, except as otherwise provided in this Law, no unit or individual may exploit the patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, use, promise to sell, sell or import the patented product for production and business purposes, nor may it use the patented method and use, promise to sell, sell or import the product directly obtained according to the patented method.

After the design patent is granted, no unit or individual may exploit its patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, promise to sell, sell or import its patented product for production and business purposes.