The patentee refers to the owner of the patent, and the patent applicant is the patentee after the patent is authorized. Without the permission of the patentee, others may not produce or sell it.
An inventor refers to a person who has made creative contributions to the substantive characteristics of invention and creation and enjoys the right to sign and reward. All other rights belong to the patentee.
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1. The patent right can belong to both the applicant and the inventor. Sometimes the inventor and the applicant can be the same person, sometimes the inventor transfers the right to apply, and the inventor and the applicant are two people. Who owns the patent right depends on the agreement.
2, multiple patentees, patent rights are * * * and * *.
3. Many inventors, from the perspective of patent law, have no order. However, if you want to declare a professional title or a project, people in the personnel department and the project evaluation department will look at the inventor of the patent according to the habit of looking at the author of the paper.
The inventor must be a natural person.
5. The applicant who applies for the invention patent to the Patent Office can be an individual or a unit.