What's the difference between patent application and patent transfer?

Patent application right and patent right are different. Article 6 of China's Patent Law stipulates: "The right to apply for a patent belongs to the service invention-creation that is performed by the unit or mainly by using the material conditions of the unit; The right to apply for a patent for a non-service invention-creation belongs to the inventor or designer After the application is approved, if a unit owned by the whole people applies, the patent right shall be held by the unit; Where an entity or individual under collective ownership applies, the patent right belongs to the entity or individual. The patent application right transfer contract belongs to the technical contract. The contract concluded by the transfer of patent rights belongs to the transfer of property rights. "