How to check whether the patent owner has changed?
Go to the patent directly Search online and enter the patent you need to check. If there is a change, a change in the patent will be displayed in the bottom column, or you can look at the intermediate document under the review information to see if a change request has been submitted, because every change A change fee will be paid for every change. It can also be judged by the payment status of the fee information. If there is no change fee, the patent proves that there has not been a change.
Legal requirements
According to Article 10 of the Patent Law, "both the right to apply for a patent and the right to patent may be transferred." Procedures required for the transfer of patent application rights or patent rights:
1. Chinese individuals or units (including units owned by the whole people and collectively owned units) transfer patent applications to foreign countries The right or patent right must be approved by the national patent administration agency;
2. The transferor of the patent application right or the patent right must sign an agreement with the transferee. A written "transfer contract" that complies with the Patent Law and related laws;
3. You must apply for recognition and registration procedures at the patent management department;
4. The "Transfer Contract" and "Declaration of Change of Bibliographic Items" should be submitted to the national patent administration agency, and the fees should be paid at the same time. The transfer of the patent application right or patent right will not officially take effect until the national patent management agency announces it in the Patent Gazette.
If the patent is sold but the patent owner does not change, the buyer will suffer losses.Therefore, when purchasing an invention patent, you also need to do a good job in changing the patent owner. If you encounter problems or disputes when checking whether the patent owner has changed, there are many lawyers on the Legal Savior website who you can directly ask for answers.
