Can technology patents be transferred?

Legal analysis: technology patents can be transferred. According to the relevant laws and regulations, a technology transfer contract refers to a contract concluded by the obligee who legally owns the technology and transfers the existing specific patents, patent applications, technical secrets and other related rights to others. Therefore, it can be judged that technology patents belong to the transferable category.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 862 A technology transfer contract is a contract in which the obligee owns the technology according to law and transfers the relevant rights of the existing specific patent, patent application and technical secret to others.

Article 867 The licensee of a patent exploitation license contract shall exploit the patent in accordance with the agreement, and shall not license a third party other than the agreement to exploit the patent and pay the royalties in accordance with the agreement.

Article 869 The transferee of a technology secret transfer contract and the transferee of a technology secret licensing contract shall use the technology in accordance with the agreement, pay the transfer fee and royalties, and bear the obligation of confidentiality.