Patent incumbency law

The specific situation is difficult to define. According to what you said, it is probably owned by the unit. I suggest you take a good look at the patent law and its implementation rules, and then discuss it with a lawyer in detail to win yourself. The patent right is yours. You can take it away or transfer it at a fixed price. .

patent law

Article 6 Inventions and creations made by performing the tasks of the unit or mainly using the material and technical conditions of the unit are service inventions and creations. The right to apply for a patent for a service invention-creation belongs to the unit; After the application is approved, the entity shall be the patentee.

The right to apply for a patent for a non-service invention-creation belongs to the inventor or designer; After the application is approved, the inventor or designer shall be the patentee.

Where an invention-creation completed by making use of the material and technical conditions of the entity has a contract with the inventor or designer to stipulate the right to apply for a patent and the ownership of the patent, such agreement shall prevail.

Article 7 No unit or individual may suppress an inventor or designer's application for a patent for non-service invention-creation.

Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law Article 12 The term "service invention-creation" as mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent Law refers to:

(a) inventions in their own work;

(2) Inventions and creations accomplished by performing tasks other than their own duties entrusted by the entity;

(3) Inventions and creations made within 1 year after retirement, transfer from the original unit or dissolution of labor and personnel relations, which are related to my work undertaken in the original unit or tasks assigned by the original unit.