Can an individual apply for a patent?

Individuals can apply for patents. According to the relevant laws and regulations, the inventor or designer has the right to apply for a patent according to law, and no one may interfere. Unless otherwise agreed, both parties have the right to apply for patents for inventions and creations of two or more individuals.

legal ground

Article 7 of the patent law

No unit or individual may suppress an inventor or designer's application for a patent for non-service invention-creation.

Article 8

Unless otherwise agreed, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the invention-creation completed in cooperation with two or more units or individuals, or the invention-creation entrusted by other units or individuals; After the application is approved, the applicant unit or individual shall be the patentee.