The subject of patent right refers to the person who participates in the legal relationship of specific patent right and enjoys the patent right. Inventors or designers, service invention-creation units, foreigners and foreign enterprises or other foreign organizations can all become the subject of patent rights.
The object of patent right, also known as the object protected by patent law, refers to inventions that can be protected by patent law. Invention-creation stipulated in China's patent law refers to inventions, utility models and designs.