Patent transfer should first sign a transfer contract, and then go through the registration formalities in the patent office, which will make an announcement, and the contract will take effect from the date of registration.
A contract for assignment of patent application right refers to a contract in which the assignor assigns its patent application right for invention-creation to the assignee, and the assignee pays the agreed price.
The process of patent transfer is not complicated, generally speaking, it is to draw up a contract, and then go to the patent office for registration and announcement. But the preparation before patent transfer is much more difficult.
The preparation process before patent transfer is as follows:
1. The transferor will set a reasonable price for the patent to be transferred.
2. Select the transmission method
3. The assignor chooses the assignee
4. The assignor and the assignee discuss the terms of the contract, draft the contract, and determine the time for filing with the Patent Office.
The main clauses of the contract for the transfer of patent application right include: contract name, name of invention-creation, type of invention-creation, inventor or designer, list of technical data and materials, responsibility for rejecting patent application, price and its payment method, calculation method of liquidated damages, dispute settlement method, etc.