What technologies can be transferred?

Legal analysis: all technologies within the scope of intellectual property rights can be transferred. However, technology involving state secrets, major science and technology, military and other aspects may not be transferred. According to the relevant regulations, a technology transfer contract refers to a contract concluded by the obligee who legally owns the technology and transfers the related rights of the existing specific patent, patent application and technical secret to others.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 862 A technology transfer contract is a contract in which the obligee owns the technology according to law and transfers the relevant rights of the existing specific patent, patent application and technical secret to others.

Article 845 Where a technology contract involves a patent, it shall specify the name of the invention-creation, the applicant and patentee of the patent, the date of application, the application number, the patent number and the validity period of the patent right.

Article 864 A technology transfer contract and a technology licensing contract may stipulate the scope of patent exploitation or the scope of use of technical secrets, but they may not restrict technology competition and technology development.