Can the invention patent be transferred? How come?
How to transfer the invention patent? What are the ways to transfer invention patents? 1, overall patent technology transfer, implementation of exclusive license, so-called patent ownership transfer, 10 years of independent property rights. If the patentee (inventor) transfers the whole patent to an enterprise, the inventor (patentee) only has the right of invention after both parties sign the transfer contract. The assignor and assignee of the overall patent transfer method may sign an exclusive license contract. This kind of contract means that the patentee allows the licensee to exploit the patent exclusively in the way of use agreed in the contract within the time and geographical scope agreed in the contract, thus excluding everyone including the patentee from exploiting the patent. 2. The exclusive license for patent exploitation means that the enterprise buys out the patent, and only the patentee and domestic enterprises can use the technology, and the patent cannot be transferred to a third party again. In this way, the transferee will enjoy the exclusive right to exploit the patent within the time and geographical scope agreed in the contract and in the way agreed in the contract. Within the time and geographical scope agreed in the contract, the patentee shall not permit any third party to exploit the patent in the same way, but the patentee may exploit it by himself. 3. The general license for patent exploitation means that the patentee authorizes an enterprise or individual to produce the patent, or may authorize multiple enterprises or individuals to produce the patent. According to the general exploitation license contract, the licensee of the contract, under the authorization of the licensor, exploits the patent in the way of use agreed in the contract within the time and geographical scope agreed in the contract, while the patentee reserves the right to exploit the patent in the same area and time and to license a third party to exploit the patent.