How many patent applicants can there be?

Legal analysis: Many people can apply together. Where a non-service invention-creation is jointly completed by two or more inventors and designers, the person who completed the invention-creation is called a * * * co-inventor or a * * * co-designer. * * * The right to apply for a patent for an invention-creation and the patent right obtained shall be owned by * * *. There is no limit on the number of applicants and inventors for a patent application. The position of the first inventor is the most important, and the second and third are of certain significance. The latter is only the meaning of nominally participating in the project. The number of applicants will affect the application fee. If one person applies, the application fee will be reduced by 85%, and if two or more people apply, it will be reduced by 70%. Patent law is a specification specially used to adjust the legal relationship related to patents. The number of patent inventors is not clearly stipulated in the patent law. According to the principle of "freedom without prohibition", in the field of civil law, it is generally believed that acts without prohibition are allowed by law. Therefore, there is no limit to the number of patent inventors.

Identification of patent inventors. An inventor or designer refers to a person who has made creative contributions to the substantive features of invention and creation. In the process of completing the invention and creation, people who are only responsible for organizing the work, who provide convenience for the use of material and technical conditions, or who are engaged in other auxiliary work, such as testers, draftsmen, mechanical processors, etc. Are not inventors or designers. Among them, the inventor refers to the inventor of the invention; Designer refers to the person who has completed the utility model or design.

Inventors or designers can only be natural persons, not units, collectives or research groups. Invention is the result of intellectual labor. Invention is a factual act, which is not limited by the capacity of civil law. Therefore, no matter whether a person engaged in invention-creation has full capacity for civil conduct or not, as long as he has completed the invention-creation, he should be recognized as an inventor or designer.

Legal basis: Unless otherwise agreed, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the entity or individual that has completed or jointly completed an invention-creation jointly completed by two or more entities or individuals in Article 8 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC); After the application is approved, the applicant unit or individual shall be the patentee.