What does the patent number mean?

The patent number is the number given when the patent right is granted, and it is a submission number. The submission number is the serial number compiled by each industrial property office when publishing patent documents (including public publication and reading and copying only). The patent number is the patent identification number given to you after a successful patent application, as long as you know the patent number. You can go directly to official website, China National Intellectual Property Administration to inquire. As long as you enter the corresponding patent number, the detailed information of this patent will be displayed on it.

The role of patent number:

1. differentiation function: it can distinguish similar products of other enterprises from their own products to avoid confusion among consumers;

2. Warning function: Since patents are protected by national laws, no one may copy and sell them without permission;

3. Advertising function: Consumers usually think that products marked with patent marks or patent numbers are superior to similar traditional products in technical performance and use function, so they will trust the quality of products and expand their market share.

legal ground

Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 1 This Law is formulated for the purpose of 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.