What's the difference between the patentee and the applicant?

What's the difference between the patentee and the applicant? The patentee is the subject of the patent right, which refers to the person who obtains the patent right according to law and assumes the corresponding obligations, but what is the difference between the patentee and the applicant? What's the difference between the patentee and the applicant? The patentee is the subject of the patent right, which refers to the person who has obtained the patent right according to law and assumed corresponding obligations, including natural persons, legal persons and other organizations. From the way of acquisition, it can be divided into the original subject and the subsequent subject; According to nationality, it can be divided into nationals and foreigners. The patentee refers to a natural person, legal person or other organization that has the right to apply for a patent for invention in accordance with the law or the contract; In other words, the patentee is a natural person, legal person or other organization qualified to file a patent application for invention-creation. 1. The patentee and the patentee are the same: the right to apply for a patent is the basis for producing a patent. After the patent application filed by the patentee is approved, the patentee becomes the patentee. 2. There is a strict distinction between the patentee and the patentee: (1) The right to apply for a patent is an independent property right and a relative claim. The right to apply for a patent for an invention-creation enjoyed by a specific subject cannot exclude others from applying for a patent for an invention-creation with the same theme. In other words, for inventions and creations with the same theme, there may be multiple subjects who are eligible to file patent applications, but those who are approved as patentees may be among them. (2) The successor patentee is often not the patentee. What's the difference between the patentee and the applicant? For more detailed intellectual property knowledge and business, you can call Bajie Intellectual Property Online Customer Service. Bajie Intellectual Property is committed to the field of intellectual property, and has been invested by Angel, the founder of Netac Technology, a domestic listed company, and Kingdee International, a Hong Kong listed company.