patentees
Patentees are individuals or organizations that hold a patent or the rights to a patented invention. The term usually refers to the legal owner of the patent, which may be the inventor or an assignee such as an employer, university, or company. A patentee has exclusive statutory rights granted by the patent office to make, use, sell, or import the patented invention within a given jurisdiction for a limited period, typically 20 years from the filing date, subject to the payment of maintenance fees in some jurisdictions.
Patentees may license or commercialize their rights, assign them to another party, or collateralize them. They
The relationship between inventor and patentee varies: the inventor is the individual who conceived the invention,
To obtain patentees’ status, an application must be filed with the relevant patent office and meet patentability