What do people think of patents in the chemical industry?
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May I ask, has anyone applied for a patent? Could you talk about the purpose of applying for the patent you have submitted and its potential impacts? I have been researching a certain formula recently and noticed that many people in China have applied for patents related to it. I would like to ask whether such patents are legitimate Can formula patents truly protect the rights of the applicant?
How is that possible? ! Patent protection in China is virtually non-existent! Copying other **’s patents from China simply doesn’t work. I once used a U.S. patent from 1997 for a production project; in essence, that was plagiarism.
Patents seem to only encourage others to imitate
Patents related to formulas are designed to prevent others from understanding them, so they are written in a vague manner, with lots of unnecessary details. Many patents in China are completely fabricated and cannot be manufactured at all. People have different motives for applying for patents; some receive rewards for doing so, so it’s done with the aim of making money. Some use it as a pretext to sell products, claiming that they are patented products as part of their marketing. There are many products with real practical value for which people are reluctant to apply for patents, as applying for a patent requires disclosing the production process and formulas of the product, which is equivalent to telling others about them; otherwise, one has to write a lot of information, including false details, to create confusion. Because formulation patents simply don’t specify what substances are involved. It is also difficult to enforce rights even when someone’s patent is stolen. I have also written patent applications for recipes; to prevent others from finding out, I included a ton of details regarding those recipes.
I have been studying some patents of foreign companies (including those they filed in China), and it seems that patents are made public so that people can imitate and learn from them*
Chinese patents are of no use to those who use them; they might provide some encouragement to those who apply for them, allowing them to learn a skill in the process.
The essence of patents is truth and falsehood; it’s not possible to give you the best things
We **invest relatively little in this area; working on technology is exhausting, and once some results are achieved, others just plagiarize them, so no one can focus on doing proper work. In the end, everyone ends up plagiarizing from foreign sources!
**With poor management, it’s better to add a bit of confusion when applying, so as to avoid having to fight for one’s rights. The cost of protecting rights is very high. :)
Chinese patents are of little use beyond helping with professional title evaluations and documenting achievements! There is no bit of protective effect! If you have excellent skills, hurry to commercialize them and seize the market – making money is crucial; otherwise, it’s easy for others to take advantage of you!