2. Personal application belongs to individuals and has nothing to do with the company. It is easy to cause patent ownership disputes when service inventions are applied by individuals; The rights and interests applied by the company belong to the company, and there is no ownership dispute. It is relatively easy to operate in identifying high-tech enterprises and listing companies.
3. Where the applicant or the patentee is an individual, he may request that 85% of the application fee, examination fee and annual fee for an application for a patent for invention and 80% of the maintenance fee and examination fee for an application for a patent for invention be deferred. Where an applicant or patentee applies for a patent at the same time by two or more individuals or individuals and units, it may request that 70% of the application fee, examination fee and annual fee for an application for a patent for invention be deferred, and 60% of the maintenance fee and reexamination fee for an application for a patent for invention.
4. Individual applications can enjoy relief, some of which are funded by the local government; Companies can enjoy government subsidies, preferential evaluation, declaration of high-tech enterprises and patent pledge in some fields.
From the cost point of view, it seems that individual application is better, but if it is for enterprises, it is better to apply in the name of the company in the long run.