What is a service patent?

1. A service invention is an invention and creation that is performed by performing the tasks of the unit or mainly using the material and technical conditions of the unit. 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.

Second, non-service inventions? The right to apply for a patent belongs to the inventor or designer; After the application is approved, the inventor or designer shall be the patentee.

3. How are service inventions and non-service inventions defined? 1. Article 6 of China's Patent Law stipulates: "An invention-creation made by performing the tasks of the unit or mainly using the material and technical conditions of the unit is a service invention-creation. 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.

2. The term service invention-creation as mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent Law refers to:

(1) inventions made in their own work;

(2) Inventions and creations made by completing tasks other than one's own work entrusted by the unit;

(3) Inventions and creations made within 1 year after retirement, transfer from the original unit or dissolution of labor and personnel relations, which are related to my work undertaken in the original unit or tasks assigned by the original unit.

3. Units mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent Law include temporary work units; The material and technical conditions of the entity mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent Law refer to funds, equipment, spare parts, raw materials or technical materials that are not disclosed to the public.