The difference between the first inventor and the patentee

The first applicant can be a company or a natural person, while the first inventor, the first licensor, the first patentee and the first author must be natural persons. The patent applicant and the patent inventor may not be the same person. Patent inventors can only be individuals, not units. Patent applicants or patentees can be individuals or units, with exclusive rights (exclusive exploitation of this patent), licensing rights (licensing others to exploit this patent) and transfer rights (patent application rights and patent rights can be transferred). Patent authorization must be granted to the applicant. Article 5 of China National Intellectual Property Administration Administrative Reconsideration Rules? No application for administrative reconsideration may be filed under any of the following circumstances: (1) The patent applicant refuses to accept the decision to reject the patent application; (2) The applicant for reexamination refuses to accept the reexamination decision; (3) The patentee or the claimant for invalidation refuses to accept the decision on examining the request for invalidation; (4) The patentee or the licensee of compulsory patent license refuses to accept the award of compulsory license fee; (5) The applicant of an international application refuses to accept the decision made by China National Intellectual Property Administration as the accepting unit, international search unit and international preliminary examination unit of the international application; (6) The applicant for registration of integrated circuit layout design refuses to accept the decision to reject the application for registration; (seven) the applicant for the registration of integrated circuit layout design refuses to accept the examination decision; (8) The obligee of layout design of integrated circuit refuses to accept the decision to cancel the registration of layout design; (9) The obligee of layout design of integrated circuit or the licensee of involuntary license refuses to accept the award of remuneration for involuntary license; (10) The obligee or the alleged infringer of the layout design of an integrated circuit refuses to accept the decision on the settlement of the dispute over the infringement of the exclusive right of the layout design of an integrated circuit; (eleven) other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations that cannot apply for administrative reconsideration.