What are the concepts and classifications of patents
Patents are generally issued by government agencies or regional organizations representing several countries upon application. A document issued that records the content of an invention and creates a legal status within a certain period of time, that is, a patented invention can generally be implemented by others only with the permission of the patentee.
The so-called invention refers to a product, method or improvement thereof New technical solutions proposed. It must be a technical solution that can solve practical problems in industrial production. The discovery of objectively existing natural laws and the induction and refinement of abstract intellectual activity rules cannot be regarded as inventions. Invention patents include product patents and method patents. In other words, inventions can be divided into two categories: product inventions and method inventions.
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(1) Products An invention refers to a product directly produced using the technical solution provided by the inventor to solve a specific problem. Substances that have not been processed by humans and are in a natural state are not product inventions. After a product invention is patented, it is called a product patent. A product patent only protects the product itself, not the product.manufacturing method.
(2) Method invention Method invention refers to Operating methods and technical processes created to manufacture products or solve a technical problem. The "method" here can be a chemical method, a mechanical method, a communication method, or a method described in the order specified by the process. After a method invention is patented, it is called a method patent.
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