离婚案件中专利申请权分割

The Partition of the Patent Application Right in Divorce Litigation

专利申请权的期限较长,在此期间,申请专利的夫妻婚姻破裂时就会遇到专利申请权的分割分配问题。我国《婚姻法》及其《司法解释》仅对夫妻双方离婚时已获得专利权的收益进行了规定,而对正在审批过程中的专利申请权是否应该分割以及如何分割的规定不明确。专利申请权具有自身价值,并可取得相应的经济利益,在离婚案件中,其财产权利应作为夫妻共同财产进行分割。

The partition of the patent application right is involved in case of divorce due the long process from application to the awarding of the patent. Currently, Marriage Law and the relevant judicial interpretations rule only the benefits gained before divorce and are ambiguous as to the partition of right occurring during the application process. Patent application right is valuable and may have access to further economic interest, hence should be divided as the joint property in divorce litigation.