1. The patent application rights for this project should belong to Professor C and graduate student Ding.
Because Company A only entrusted University B with the design, Company A and University B did not provide the design method. The completion of this project was completed by Professor C and graduate student Ding using their own knowledge. According to national patent laws, intellectual property rights holders should be protected. If University B applies, University B can be used as the right to apply for a patent, but the patent application fees and patent protection fees must be borne by the school. If University B has not done it beforehand. Professor C and graduate student Ding paid for their own expenses and approved them through declaration, so Professor C and graduate student Ding should be protected. For another teacher to review and accept the project and put forward suggestions for improvement, it depends on its specific role. If it works in principle, another teacher can be added, but generally the role of this teacher is only to refine and Perfect. You don’t have to join.
2. The inventors of this patent should be Professor C and graduate student Ding.
Because Company A and University B only proposed tasks, and it was Professor C and graduate student Ding who solved the tasks. Even though the invention was done within the duties of the university for the university, it is also a duty invention. It has nothing to do with Company A. It can also be done without another teacher.
The above is in compliance with the regulations of the Patent Law protecting patent inventors.