Can a psychotherapy method be patented?
The production method of food, then, as far as the technological process is concerned, belongs to the protected object of invention patent design and cannot apply for utility model. One of the differences between invention and utility model (the difference of protected content). (1) The utility model generally protects things visible from the surface, such as mechanical structure, circuit diagram, communication system, etc. (2) The invention can not only protect the contents that the utility model can protect, but also protect the methods (such as manufacturing methods, communication methods, use methods, etc.). ), material composition, pure software system, etc.