Refers to the unit or individual that obtains the patent right according to law through contract or inheritance. The right to apply for a patent and the patent right can be transferred. After the transfer of the patent application right, if the patent is obtained, then the assignee is the subject of the patent right; After the transfer of the patent right, the assignee becomes the new subject of the patent right.
Where two or more units or individuals cooperate to complete an invention-creation, or one unit or individual accepts the entrustment of another unit or individual to complete an invention-creation, and both parties agree that the application for patent right for invention-creation belongs to the entrusting party, according to their agreement, after the application is approved, the unit or individual applying for the patent right shall be the patentee.
legal ground
Article 20 of the Measures for the Administration of the Circulation of Rural Land Contracted Management Right stipulates that the contracted management right of land obtained through transfer or exchange may be transferred by subcontracting, leasing, exchange, transfer or other means in accordance with laws and national policies after obtaining the contract management right certificate through legal registration.
According to the above provisions, the transferee can transfer the contracted land through exchange after obtaining the contracted management right through exchange in accordance with the relevant provisions.