Rights difference: The thesis is mainly manifested in the experiment, theory or observation of scientific research with new scientific research achievements or innovative ideas, and its main function is to publicize, communicate or discuss at academic conferences. Compared with papers, patents will be restricted by more contents, such as mathematical formulas, scientific discoveries, diagnosis and treatment methods of diseases, new varieties of animals and plants, etc. , can not be protected by patents, but these technologies can be published in the form of papers, and patents bring the applicant

Application process of invention patent

Preparation of application documents. According to the provisions of the Patent Law, written documents such as patent request, specification, abstract of specification, patent claim, etc. shall be submitted when applying for a patent for invention. , it usually takes 10-30 days.

Submit an application. The applicant shall submit the application documents to the acceptance office of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office or the local agency under the jurisdiction of the Patent Office, which generally takes 3 days.

Preliminary examination of invention patents. If the documents of the patent application meet the format requirements and the application fee is paid according to the regulations, it will automatically enter the preliminary examination stage. The preliminary examination procedure mainly examines whether there are obvious substantive defects in the application.