The relationship between the patentee and the inventor

Legal analysis: the inventor and patentee can be the same person, the inventor must be a natural person, and the applicant can be a natural person, or an industrial and mining enterprise, university or institution. Inventors are people who make direct contributions to innovation. 2. The applicant can be an inventor or an inventor. The patentee applies for authorization, and the applicant is the patentee. Patent authorization must be granted to the applicant. 3. If someone applies for a major, and the applicant and inventor fill in the natural person, then the inventor and patentee embodied in the patent certificate are the same person. 4. On the patent certificate, the word "applicant" will not be reflected, but only "patentee". The patentee on the patent certificate is the patent applicant.

Legal basis: Article 6 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) refers to inventions and creations made by performing the tasks of the entity or mainly using the material and technical conditions of the entity. The right to apply for a patent for a service invention-creation belongs to the unit. After the application is approved, the unit becomes the patentee. Units may dispose of the patent application right and patent right of their service inventions and creations according to law, and promote the implementation and application of related inventions and creations. 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.