After the application is approved, Article 6 of the Patent Law stipulates that an invention-creation that has completed the task of the entity or mainly made use of the material and technical conditions of the entity is a service invention, and the right to apply for a patent belongs to the entity, and the inventor or designer is the patentee. In other words, the applicant is the person who has been granted the patent right. The inventor of a non-service invention-creation may be the applicant, and after the application is approved, the entity shall be the patentee.