专利是我国政府用法律形式保护科学技术发明创造的一种制度,也是通过经济措施奖励发明创造的一种手段。专利制度一个重要特征就是把智力劳动成果看成是一种财产,在法律上确定这种财产权的归属,并且给予法律保护。这就是说,专利制度不仅肯定了科技人员以及其他从事智力劳动的人们的发明成果,而且还从法律上给予发明人、设计人对其发明享有独占的权力。 Patent is a kind of system that Chinese government protects the invention of science and technology by law and also a means of rewards invention through economic measures. An important feature of the patent system is that intellectual labor as a property, legally determine the ownership of this property, and to give legal protection. This means that the patent system not only affirms the inventions of scientists and technologists and other intellectual workers but also legally gives inventors and designers the exclusive right over their inventions.