This is a service invention. The patentee is the college and the inventor is Professor Li.
According to Article 6 of the Patent Law, inventions and creations completed while performing the tasks of the unit or mainly utilizing the material and technical conditions of the unit are service inventions. The right to apply for a patent for a service invention-creation belongs to the unit; after the application is approved, the unit becomes the patentee.
For non-service inventions, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the inventor or designer; after the application is approved, the inventor or designer becomes the patentee.
For inventions and creations completed by utilizing the unit’s material and technical conditions, if the unit has a contract with the inventor or designer and stipulates the right to apply for a patent and the ownership of the patent right, such agreement shall prevail.
Article 11 of the "Patent Law Implementing Rules" The term "service inventions and creations completed in the execution of the tasks of the unit" as mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent Law refers to:
(1) In Inventions and creations made in the course of one's own work;
(2) Inventions and creations made in the performance of tasks other than one's own work assigned by the unit;
(3) Resignation, retirement or transfer Inventions and creations made within one year after employment and related to the work undertaken by the original unit or the tasks assigned by the original unit.
The unit referred to in Article 6 of the Patent Law includes temporary work units; the material and technical conditions of the unit referred to in Article 6 of the Patent Law refer to the unit’s funds, equipment, parts, raw materials or Technical information not disclosed to the public, etc.