Several applicants for utility model patents

Legal analysis: there is no legal limit on the number of applicants for utility model patents, and there is no ranking. Where the utility model patent is authorized, the applicant is the patentee and the patent belongs to him. Where there are more than two applicants and no patent agency has been entrusted, a representative shall be appointed to handle the corresponding application procedures on behalf of all applicants. An application for a patent for utility model, also known as a patent for a small invention or structure, refers to the definite spatial shape of a product that can be observed from the outside. The technical scheme proposed for the product shape can be the technical scheme proposed for the three-dimensional shape of the product.

Legal basis: Article 22 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the invention and utility model for which a patent is applied shall be novel, creative and practical.

Novelty means that the invention or utility model does not belong to the prior art; Before the filing date, no unit or individual filed an application for the same invention or utility model with the administrative department for patent in the State Council, and it was recorded in the patent application documents published or announced after the filing date.

Creativity means that compared with the prior art, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress.

Practicality means that the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects.

The existing technology mentioned in this law refers to the technology known to the public at home and abroad before the date of application.