Legal analysis: For enterprises with strong technology research and development capabilities, there may be many inventions and creations, and not every invention and creation needs and is suitable for patent application. At this time, it is also necessary to decide which inventions should be patented or which inventions should be patented first. This is the so-called patent screening system Patent screening system is a system that evaluates inventions and creations according to certain evaluation criteria to determine whether inventions and creations apply for patents or the priority of patent applications. The most essential part of patent screening system is mainly the invention evaluation before patent application, so patent screening can also be called invention screening.
Legal basis: Unless otherwise agreed, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the entity or individual that has completed or jointly completed an invention-creation jointly completed by two or more entities or individuals in Article 8 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC); After the application is approved, the applicant unit or individual shall be the patentee.