Legal analysis: the patentee can be an individual, an enterprise or institution, or an individual and an individual, an enterprise or institution, and an individual and an enterprise or institution jointly apply. The patent law does not stipulate the number of patentees. Where a non-service invention-creation is jointly completed by two or more inventors and designers, the person who completed the invention-creation is called a * * * co-inventor or a * * * co-designer. * * * The right to apply for a patent for an invention-creation and the patent right obtained shall be owned by * * *. For service invention-creation, the subject of patent right is the unit where the inventor or designer of the invention-creation belongs. The invention-creation by taking advantage of one's position refers to the invention-creation accomplished by performing the tasks of one's own unit or mainly using the material and technical conditions of one's own unit.
Legal basis: Unless otherwise agreed, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the entity or individual that has completed or jointly completed an invention-creation jointly completed by two or more entities or individuals in Article 8 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC); After the application is approved, the applicant unit or individual shall be the patentee.