Of course. Most of the patents applied by hospitals are mainly devices, sanitary materials, and the technology and method of drug configuration. There is still a lot of room in methods, traditional Chinese medicine, new uses of drugs and biological materials.
Legal basis:
Article 216th of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined.