Can cooperative development of invention patents be shared?

A joint invention patent can be * * *. According to the relevant laws and regulations, the right to apply for a patent for an invention-creation completed by two or more units or individuals, unless otherwise agreed. And after the application is approved, the applicant unit or individual is the patentee.

legal ground

Article 8 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Unless otherwise agreed, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the invention-creation completed in cooperation with two or more units or individuals, or the invention-creation entrusted by other units or individuals; After the application is approved, the applicant unit or individual shall be the patentee.

Article 14

Where there is an agreement on the right to apply for a patent or the exercise of the patent right, such agreement shall prevail. If there is no agreement, * * * someone can exploit the patent alone or license others to exploit it by ordinary license; Where another person is licensed to exploit the patent, the royalties collected shall be distributed among the owners.

Except in the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph, the exercise of all the patent application rights or patent rights of * * * shall be subject to the consent of the owner of * * *.