Patents and trademarks have different meanings, so the meanings of certificates are also different.

A patent is an invention-creation, that is, an invention, utility model or design submits a patent application to the National Patent Office. After passing the examination in accordance with the law, the patent applicant is granted the patent within a specified time. Exclusive rights to inventions and creations.

Trademarks refer to words, graphics, letters used by producers and operators on goods and their packaging or on service marks in order to distinguish their own goods or services from those of others. , numbers, three-dimensional logos and color combinations, as well as a visual mark composed of the combination of the above elements.

According to the above definitions, there are significant differences between trademarks and patents:

(1) Differences in dependency: A trademark is a mark used for goods or services, and is different from the goods. Or the service cannot be separated and is attached to the goods or services and has a particularly significant distinguishing function. Patents are relatively independent. For example, if it is peanut oil, the nature of the product is the same, but it is branded with different trademarks, which forms the attributes of different brand services. However, some edible oils are marked with multiple oils. Produced by blending (for example: Fulinmen edible blended oil), the formula and process of this blend can be patented.

(2) A trademark is a visible sign consisting of text, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs and colors, as well as a combination of the above elements. The composition of patents is intellectual property rights created by specific independent development in a certain field of a certain industry, and is not limited to the components of trademarks.

(3) Trademark is the carrier of product information and a tool to participate in market competition. The competition among producers and operators is the competition for the quality and reputation of goods or services, and its manifestation is the competition for trademark visibility. The higher the trademark visibility, the stronger the competitiveness of its goods or services. A patent is an entity. It specifically describes the production process, production method, function and other matters of a certain product. Based on this, a practical entity can be produced.