The company's patent inventor generally has the authority to handle patent rights. However, this is except where the patent right has been transferred or the patent right does not belong to the inventor. For example, the right to apply for a patent for inventions and creations made by workers when performing the tasks of the unit or mainly using the material and technical conditions of the unit belongs to the unit, and the invention rights belong to the worker. Article 6 of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China: Inventions and creations completed while performing the tasks of the unit or mainly utilizing the material and technical conditions of the unit are service inventions. The right to apply for a patent for a service invention-creation belongs to the unit. After the application is approved, the unit becomes the patentee. The unit may dispose of the right to apply for patents and patent rights for its service-based inventions and creations in accordance with the law, and promote the implementation and application of relevant inventions and creations. For non-service inventions and creations, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the inventor or designer; after the application is approved, the inventor or designer becomes the patentee. For inventions and creations completed by utilizing the unit's material and technical conditions, if the unit has a contract with the inventor or designer and stipulates the right to apply for a patent and the ownership of the patent right, such agreement shall prevail.