Patent applicants and patentees

Patent holders include non-service invention patentees and service invention patentees. Patent applicant and patentee For non-service inventions, generally speaking, the patent applicant is the inventor or designer. After the patent application is approved, the inventor or designer shall be the patentee. Generally speaking, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the unit where the inventor or designer works. After the patent application is approved, the patent right belongs to the patent applicant. For an invention-creation completed by an individual using the material and technical conditions of his own unit, the unit may conclude a contract with the inventor or designer to stipulate the right to apply for a patent and the ownership of the patent right after the patent application is approved. An invention-creation completed by two or more units or individuals, or an invention-creation entrusted by one unit or individual to another unit or individual, may be patented by both parties after the application is approved. If there is no agreement between the two parties on the right to apply for a patent for an invention-creation and the ownership of the patent right after the application is approved, the right to apply for a patent for an invention-creation and the patent right after the application is approved shall be owned by the unit or individual that has completed or completed it.