Specific examples of utility model patents

Utility model patent for example designing a cup with a handle. A utility model patent is one of the three types of patents (invention, utility model and design), and a utility model is a new technical solution suitable for practical use for the shape, construction or combination thereof of a product. The inventiveness and technical level requirements for utility models in the patent law are lower than those for invention patents, but the practical value is large, in this sense, utility models are sometimes also known as small inventions or small patents.

The Patent Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 11

After a patent for an invention or a utility model has been granted, except as otherwise provided for in this Law, no unit or individual shall, without the permission of the patent owner, carry out the patent, i.e., no unit or individual shall, for the purpose of production and operation, manufacture, use, license, sell, or import its patented products or use its patented methods and use, license, sell, or import its patented products or use its patented methods. method and use, promise to sell, sell, import products obtained directly according to the patented method.

After the patent for a design is granted, no unit or individual may implement its patent without the permission of the patentee, i.e., may not manufacture, promise to sell, sell or import its patented design products for the purpose of production and business.