Conditions for Granting Patent ▣(1)Novelty New Definition in 2008 Patent Law adopted the definition of EPC (European Patent Convention): Absolute Novelty The invention or utility model is absolutely new compared with "the technology existing before the date of filing the invention"(home and abroad) 同源大学 TONGJI UNIVERSITYConditions for Granting Patent † (1 )Novelty † New Definition in 2008 Patent Law adopted the definition of EPC (European Patent Convention): † Absolute Novelty :The invention or utility model is absolutely new compared with “the technology existing before the date of filing the invention ” (home and abroad)