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长青,商业秘密风格

蓝色背景上有许多药丸
Last updated on: 10 月 5, 2023
Author: Chris Buntel

This article is part of Tangibly’s Guest Series. Read the original article here.

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]If you can evergreen with patents, why not with trade secrets too?

在专利领域,"常青化 "是一种随着时间推移提交更多专利申请的策略,以 "延长 "对有价值的核心技术的专利保护。制药业是最著名的 "常青 "策略使用者,尽管移动电话行业也在迅速采用这一策略。

当然,你不能无限期地延长原始专利的期限。专利期限以 20 年为限,从第一个非临时申请日算起。但也有一些有限的延长,如专利期限调整和合格专利的专利期限延长。这些期限通常以天或月为单位,运气好的话可能会延长几年。你不能就多年前已申请专利的同一事物提交第二份专利申请。

专利所有人会提交更多但专利不同的申请,以扩大保护范围。他们会寻找新的用途、改进的制造方法、更好的配方等等来进行保护。一旦原始专利到期,专利所有人仍可对所有后续改进进行保护。

但等等,专利申请后的所有改进和修改都属于商业机密(因为它们没有在专利申请中公开)。

作为 Tangibly 商业秘密管理计划的一部分,您可以保护核心专利申请后开发的所有优化、改进等。同时使用专利和商标。

At Tangibly, we always talk about patents AND trade secrets, not OR. Be creative in evergreening your patents using trade secrets![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][us_image image=”496″ size=”medium” link=”%7B%22url%22%3A%22%22%7D”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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