Patent examination examines what?

Legal analysis: The main contents of patent examination are: 1. Whether it conforms to the definition of invention stipulated in Article 2 of the Patent Law, that is, the new technical scheme proposed for the product, method or its improvement. 2. Whether it conforms to the provisions of Article 5 of the Patent Law, that is, whether the subject matter of the patent application violates national laws, social morality or harms the public interest.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Invention-creation as mentioned in this Law refers to inventions, utility models and designs.

Invention refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement.

Utility model refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products.

Appearance design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application, which is made on the shape, pattern or their combination of products and all or part of the combination of colors, shapes and patterns.