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What are the conditions and restrictions for applying for a patent?
In China, patents include invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. Whether individuals or enterprises want to obtain a patent right, they need to apply for a patent from the Patent Office and get authorization. So what are the conditions for applying for a patent? There are mainly the following aspects, which you can learn more about.

Inventions and utility models granted patent rights should be novel, creative and practical.

1. novelty. It means that before the filing date, no identical invention or utility model was published in domestic and foreign publications, used in China or known to the public in other ways, and no identical invention or utility model was applied to the Patent Office by others and recorded in the patent application documents published after the filing date.

2. Creativity. Compared with the prior art before the filing date, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress.

3. practicality. Refers to the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used, and can produce positive effects.

The design that has been granted a patent right shall be different from or not similar to the design that has been published in domestic and foreign publications or used publicly in China before the date of application.

According to the above, there are still many restrictions on what conditions are needed to apply for a patent, so enterprises and individuals should firmly remember and understand these conditions to avoid being rejected when applying for a patent again, which not only wastes time and energy, but also reflects their lack of knowledge.

Of course, in order to avoid this embarrassing situation, more and more enterprises and individuals began to choose professional institutions to handle it. As for some application conditions and procedures, there will also be professionals to answer and be responsible, which is the first choice for many enterprises and individuals to apply for patents and registered trademarks.

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