Patent Search Activity Template

Instructions:
Complete the following form for the Invention and Innovation Patents Activity.

Topic 1:
Patent Number: CN 203126208 U Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. The ball-point pen has the advantages of being simple in design, low in cost and large in practicability. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. Innovation wasnt the first of its kind was just to improve the actual invention of the ballpoint pen. Patent Number: US 8500354 B2 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. A water-based ballpoint pen including a specific aqueous ink, a ball, a ballpoint pen tip that holds the ball at a front end of the ballpoint pen tip, an ink follower following the ink with consumption of the ink, and an ink container directly containing the ink and the ink follower. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. Innovation wasnt the first of its kind was just to improve the actual invention of the ballpoint pen. Patent Number: EP 2546071 A1 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. A ballpoint pen which, even if ink having less outflow characteristics, such as ink containing large particles or ink having high viscosity, is used, does not cause a written trace to be faint, does not cause the ink to drop, and does not impair the outflow characteristics. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. Innovation wasnt the first of its kind was just to improve the actual invention of the ballpoint pen.

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Topic 2:
Patent Number: CN 202882568 U Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. An electric door lock provided with a light emitting diode (LED) lighting lamp is mainly composed of the LED lighting lamp, a silicon crystal board, a battery board, a host machine and a socket. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why? An innovation, because this isnt the invention of the power door lock is it just an add -on or small adjustments to improve the invention of the power door lock. Patent Number: CN 202831811 U Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. A magnetic-attraction electric door lock is composed of an electromagnetic valve, a magnetic sheet, a spring, a press disk, a key hole, a lock core and a key and is characterized in that the electromagnetic valve, the magnetic sheet and the press disk are installed in the lock core, one end of the spring abuts against the magnetic sheet, the other end of the spring abuts against the press disk, the magnetic sheet and the electromagnetic valve are welded together, a negative electrode of the electromagnetic valve is connected with a ground connection line, and a positive electrode of the electromagnetic valve is connected with a positive electrode outlet line of the electric door lock. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why? An innovation, because this isnt the invention of the power door lock is it just an add -on or small adjustments to improve the invention of the power door lock. Patent Number: CA 1301892 C Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. Circuits are provided that automatically lock electric power door locks of a motor vehicle at a predetermined speed. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. An innovation, because this isnt the invention of the power door lock is it just an add -on or small adjustments to improve the invention of the power door lock.

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