Legal analysis: the advantages of a company applying for a patent: first, monopolizing the market; Second, avoid being preempted by others to apply for a patent; 3. Patents are intangible assets of enterprises. If the invention patents of state-owned enterprises and institutions are of great significance to national interests or social public interests, with the approval of the State Council, the relevant competent departments of the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may decide to popularize and apply them within the approved scope.
Legal basis: Article 49 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). If the invention patent of state-owned enterprises and institutions is of great significance to the national interests or public interests, the relevant competent departments of the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may decide to popularize and apply it within the approved scope, allowing designated units to implement it, and the implementing units shall pay royalties to the patentee in accordance with state regulations.