What is the limit on the number of patent applicants?

1. What is the limit on the number of patent applicants? There is no limit on the number of applicants and inventors for a patent application. The position of the first inventor is the most important, and the second and third are of certain significance. The latter is only the meaning of nominally participating in the project. Second, the basic meaning of patent application A patent application usually has the following two meanings: 1. It refers to the necessary procedures for obtaining a patent right. An invention-creation must be submitted by the applicant to a government department (in China, at present, China National Intellectual Property Administration, the People's Republic of China), and the patent right can only be obtained after being examined and approved by People's Republic of China (PRC) and China National Intellectual Property Administration according to legal procedures. In China, there are currently three types of inventions, namely, inventions, utility models and designs. This meaning is similar to "applying for a patent". Please refer to the entry "Patent Application". 2, refers to the state of having applied for a patent but not yet obtained a patent right. In this sense, it is necessary to pay attention to the difference between "patent" and "patent application". In daily life, people sometimes confuse the concepts of "patent" and "patent application". For example, some people claim that they have a patent before their patent application is authorized. In fact, a patent application can only be called a patent application before it is authorized. If it is finally authorized, it can be called a patent and enjoy the exclusive right to use the technical scope it requests to protect. If it is not authorized by a patent, it will never have a chance to become a patent. That is to say, although he submitted a patent application, he did not obtain the exclusive right to use the technical scope he requested to protect. Obviously, the gap between the two results represented by these two concepts is huge. In the patent application stage, according to the different types of patents, it can be called invention patent application, utility model patent application and design patent application respectively. After being authorized, they are called invention patent, utility model patent and design patent respectively. At this point, the patent applicant is the patentee of the corresponding patent. 3. What is a patent application? Patent application is a necessary procedure for obtaining patent right. To obtain a patent right, the applicant shall file an application with the State Patent Office, which shall approve and issue a certificate. When filing a patent application with the State Patent Office, the applicant shall also submit a series of application documents, such as the request, specification, abstract and patent claim. In terms of patent application, the provisions of the patent laws of all countries in the world are relatively consistent, but there are also many differences. A patent application is a request made by an inventor, designer or other subject who has the right to apply to the Patent Office for a patent right for invention or design. According to the provisions of China's patent law, a patent application shall submit an application, specification, patent claim, abstract, drawings and a request for priority to the Patent Office. Among them, the appended drawings and priority claims are not essential to every application, but they are beneficial to patent applications. A patent application shall be in written form, mainly including the following contents: the request, the name of the invention or design, the name and identity of the applicant, the name and identity of the agent and the signature. Article 26 of the Patent Law Where an applicant applies for a patent for invention or utility model, he shall submit a written request, a specification and its abstract, a patent claim and other documents. The request shall specify the name of the invention or utility model, the name of the inventor, the name and address of the applicant and other matters. The specification shall give a clear and complete description of the invention or utility model, which shall be subject to the realization of the technical personnel in the technical field; Attached drawings shall be attached when necessary. The technical points of the invention or utility model shall be briefly explained. The patent claim shall be based on the specification, and clearly and briefly define the scope of patent protection. For inventions that rely on genetic resources, the applicant shall state the direct source and original source of genetic resources in the patent application documents; If the applicant cannot explain the original source, it shall explain the reasons. To sum up, a patent application is particularly important for an inventor, but the production of a thing is studied by many people. Therefore, there is no limit to the number of people applying for patents in China, as long as they participate, they can be listed as one of them, but generally the most important people are in the first and second place, so you can learn more about them when applying.