(1) The inventor or designer can only be a natural person, not a unit, collective or research group. Invention is the result of intellectual labor. Invention is a factual act, not limited by the capacity for civil conduct. Therefore, no matter whether a person engaged in invention and creation has full capacity for civil conduct, as long as he has completed his own invention and creation, he should be recognized as an inventor or designer.
(2) Inventors or designers include inventors or designers of non-service inventions and creations and inventors or designers of service inventions and creations. The invention-creation of non-service patent service refers to the invention-creation that is not completed by the unit or mainly made use of the material and technical conditions provided by the unit. For non-service inventions, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the inventor or designer. No unit or individual may suppress an inventor or designer's application for a patent for non-service invention-creation. After the application is approved, the inventor or designer shall be the patentee.
(3) Where a non-service invention-creation is jointly completed by two or more inventors and designers, the person who completed the invention-creation is called a * * * co-inventor or a * * * co-designer. * * * The right to apply for a patent for an invention-creation and the patent right obtained shall be owned by * * *.