Legal analysis: There are three kinds of patents stipulated in China's patent law: invention patent, utility model patent and design patent. 1. Invention patent. You may apply for a patent for invention for a new technical proposal or improvement of a product or method; 2. Patent for utility model. Invention patent. You may apply for a patent for invention for a new technical proposal or improvement of a product or method; Patent of utility model. You can apply for a patent for utility model for a new technical scheme that is suitable for practical use according to the shape, structure or combination of products; Design patent. A new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application is made according to the shape, pattern or combination of them, and the combination of color and shape and pattern, and can apply for a patent for design.
Legal basis: Article 14 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Where there is an agreement on the right to apply for a patent or the exercise of the patent right, such agreement shall prevail. If there is no agreement, * * * someone can exploit the patent alone or license others to exploit it by ordinary license; Where another person is licensed to exploit the patent, the royalties collected shall be distributed among the owners. Except in the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph, the exercise of all the patent application rights or patent rights of * * * shall be subject to the consent of the owner of * * *.