A non-service invention refers to an inventor.

Legal analysis: Non-service inventions refer to inventions made by employees of enterprises, institutions, social organizations and state organs without taking advantage of the material conditions of their own units, or inventions made by inventors and designers who took advantage of the material conditions of their own units, but signed a contract with their own units and made an agreement on the right to apply for a patent and the ownership of the patent right, which shall be owned by the inventors and designers from their agreement.

Legal basis: Article 6 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) refers to inventions and creations made by performing the tasks of the entity or mainly using the material and technical conditions of the entity. The right to apply for a patent for a service invention-creation belongs to the unit; After the application is approved, the entity shall be the patentee. The right to apply for a patent for a non-service invention-creation belongs to the inventor or designer; After the application is approved, the inventor or designer shall be the patentee. Where an invention-creation completed by making use of the material and technical conditions of the entity has a contract with the inventor or designer to stipulate the right to apply for a patent and the ownership of the patent, such agreement shall prevail.