The difference between patentee and inventor

Many people are not clear about the concepts of patent inventors and patentees, and they don't know much about their rights. They mistakenly believe that inventors should enjoy all rights when making inventions, but this is not the case. According to the provisions of China's patent law, the inventor or designer of a service patent has the right to be rewarded, remunerated and signed, but does not have the right to use, possess or dispose of the patent alone. For example, an inventor can't share a patent at a fixed price, can't transfer a patent right or license others to exploit his patent, and these rights can only be enjoyed by the patentee.

Example: Director Wang of a township enterprise invented a pesticide organic compound fertilizer with insecticidal effect, and the experimental effect was good. Later, he invited a researcher from a research institute to confirm, and with his help, he made fertilizer production more standardized. When applying for a patent, Director Wang didn't know the relevant provisions of the Patent Law, and didn't know that the rights enjoyed by the patentee and the inventor were different. He mistakenly thought that as long as the patent inventor enjoyed all the rights to his patented technology. When the hospital applied for a patent, it took our unit as the patent applicant, and only the factory director Wang was the first patent inventor, but somehow the factory director Wang readily agreed. Fortunately, the township enterprise where factory director Wang is located has not been red-lighted by the research institute for producing compound fertilizer developed by himself. If his own enterprise is restricted by the research institute to produce the compound fertilizer developed by himself and let him pay the patent fee, then the factory director Wang will be very passive and his enterprise will suffer greater losses.

According to the provisions of the patent law, a patent inventor may not exploit his invention patent without the permission of the patentee.