Can shareholders give patents to the company?

Legal analysis: shareholders can give the company a patent. Shareholders can invest in intellectual property rights, and patents are a kind of intellectual property rights. Therefore, shareholders of the company can directly invest in patented technology at a fixed price. To invest in patented technology, it is necessary to evaluate it first, then confirm the value of the patent according to the evaluation value, and then handle the transfer and capital verification. After all these are completed, if it is a newly established company, go through the capital registration formalities at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and if it is an existing company, go through the capital increase formalities at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

Legal basis: Article 27 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), shareholders can make capital contributions in cash or in kind, intellectual property rights, land use rights and other non-monetary properties that can be valued in money and transferred according to law. However, except for the property that cannot be used as capital contribution as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.