The patent applicant and the patent inventor may not be the same person. Patent inventors can only be individuals, not units. Patent applicants or patentees can be individuals or units, with exclusive rights (exclusive exploitation of this patent), licensing rights (licensing others to exploit this patent) and transfer rights (patent application rights and patent rights can be transferred). Patent authorization must be granted to the applicant.
Authorization rate of invention patent:
Because of the strict examination of invention patents, as of 20 13, the authorization rate of invention patents published by People's Republic of China (PRC) and China National Intellectual Property Administration is 40%-50%, that is to say, the overall authorization rate of invention patents is less than half. Therefore, the risk of applying for a patent for invention is relatively high, so we must make full preparations.
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