Patent owners and inventors

Legal analysis: patentee: the collective name of patent owner and holder. That is, when the patent application is approved, the patent applicant is granted the patent right. The patentee can be a unit or an individual. Patent inventor: According to the patent law, in the invention patent and utility model patent, the person who contributes to the specific substantive features of the invention creation is called the inventor. The inventor is a natural person.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Invention-creation as mentioned in this Law refers to inventions, utility models and designs.

Invention refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement.

Utility model refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products.

Appearance design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application, which is made on the shape, pattern or their combination of products and all or part of the combination of colors, shapes and patterns.