Patent functions

First of all, a patent represents a protection title, granting the owner exclusive exploitation right on the object of the patented invention. At the same time the published patent documents (patent applications or the patents) serve as technical information sources, due to the fact that the inventor this offers him exclusive exploi disclose his invention in order to be granted protection by a patent. It has to be mentioned that, besides these basic functions,the competitive economic system based on non-restrictive practices concerning trading freedom, but observing principles of protection right defence, especially in the field of industrial property, made the strategy of a company in the patents field, to be based on the following functions, stressing again the above mentioned ones:

a) Of protection;
b) Of information;
c) Of motivation in order to give the employees the certainly that their     intellectual effort is useful to the firm and has economical effects;
d) Of reputation-it consists of the image the firm acquires on the      market or in the technical field where it develops its activity;
e) Financial-patents can be an extra source of income for the firm-for     example license;
f) Offensive-or of attack, to stop and intimidate the competitors in the     activity field of the firm, of the marketing activity including products     market promotion, etc.;