After the patent application is authorized, the applicant becomes the patentee, the first applicant becomes the first patentee, and so on. The first patentee has the obligation to pay the annual fee. The patent law of our country stipulates that the obligee shall bear the corresponding rights and obligations according to the share agreed in the contract. If there is no agreement, it shall be regarded as * * *. The first patentee is generally the designated recipient of the patent office documents and has no other special rights.
The difference between copyright and patent:
The concept of 1 is different: copyright is actually copyright, which refers to the rights enjoyed by the copyright owner according to law.
2 different subjects: the subject of copyright, also known as the copyright owner, refers to the person who enjoys copyright in literary, artistic and scientific works according to law.
Different objects, the object of copyright is a work, which refers to the intellectual achievements that are original in the fields of literature, art and science and can be copied in some tangible form. Object of patent right: refers to inventions that meet the patent requirements, including inventions, utility models and designs. Invention is an intellectual labor.
Legal basis:
patent law of the people's republic of china
Article 9
The same invention can only be granted a patent right. However, if the same applicant applies for a patent for utility model and a patent for invention at the same time on the same day, and the patent for utility model obtained earlier has not been terminated, and the applicant abandons the patent for utility model, the patent for invention may be granted. Where two or more applicants apply for a patent for the same invention-creation, the patent right shall be granted to the first applicant.