In a cooperative development contract, if one party transfers the right to apply for a patent, the other partners have the priority to be assigned, and under the same conditions, the other partners can get the compensation first. The right to apply for a patent for an invention-creation completed through cooperative development belongs to the parties involved in the cooperative development; If one party transfers its patent application right, under the same conditions, the other parties have the priority to be assigned. However, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
Legal objectivity:
The right to apply for a patent for a cooperatively developed invention-creation as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 860th of the Civil Code belongs to the parties involved in the cooperative development. If one party transfers its patent application right, under the same conditions, the other parties have the priority to be assigned. However, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.