1. What is the joint liability of joint and several debts?
Execution mode of undertaking joint and several repayment liabilities:
1. When there are more than one person responsible, the creditor may apply for any one person to bear the responsibility, and each person is responsible for paying off all debts;
2. In the execution of joint and several debts, the joint and several debtors shall not defend or raise objections on the grounds that the joint and several debts are invalid;
3. The part that cannot be recovered from the debtor shall be shared by the co-guarantors according to the internal agreed proportion;
4. If there is no agreement, it shall be distributed equally.
2. What should I do if the inventor's name is wrong when applying for a patent?
If the inventor's name is wrongly written when applying for a patent, a statement to change the description item may be submitted.
Where the inventor requests a change due to omission or wrong filling, he shall submit the certificate signed or sealed by all the applicants (or patentees) and all the inventors before the change.
A patent applicant is a person who applies to the Patent Office for a patent for invention. Generally speaking, the inventor, designer and patent applicant are the same person. However, in the following cases, the applicant for a patent is not an inventor or designer:
1. Obtain the right to apply for a patent for an invention-creation from the inventor or designer through a contract, and apply for a patent. It should be noted that if an inventor or designer transfers his patent application right after filing a patent application, he shall submit the transfer contract to the Patent Office for the record, and the contract shall take effect after being registered by the Patent Office.
2. The successor of the invention-creation obtains the right to apply for a patent for the invention-creation through inheritance. To inherit the patent right being applied for, a request must be made to the Patent Office to change the applicant.
3. The law directly grants the patent application right to others other than the inventor or designer. The applicant for service invention-creation is the unit where the inventor or designer works. Therefore, the patent applicant and the patent inventor are not necessarily the same person, and there are differences.
3. What does patent authorization mean?
Patent grant means that the invention and utility model applying for patent must be novel, creative and practical at the same time, and the appearance of applying for patent must not belong to the existing design and have aesthetic feeling. In addition, the patent needs to define its scope of protection in clear and concise legal language, and the patent right will disappear after the expiration of the patent term. Anyone can use the invention or design for free. According to the law, the patentee who grants the patent right with the patent certificate issued by the state enjoys the exclusive right to manufacture, use and sell within the time limit prescribed by law.
Legal basis:
Article 2 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Invention-creation as mentioned in this Law refers to inventions, utility models and designs. Invention refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement. Utility model refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products. Appearance design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application, which is made on the shape, pattern or their combination of products and all or part of the combination of colors, shapes and patterns.