Article 13: Unless otherwise agreed in the contract, the rights to the inventions, creations or technological achievements completed (or formed) through cooperative development shall be exclusively enjoyed by all parties to the cooperation. The ownership of inventions or technological achievements completed through entrusted development shall be stipulated in the contract between the research and development party and the entrusting party. Chapter 3 Institutional Setup and Responsibilities Article 14 The main responsibilities of the units under the centralized administration of the Science and Technology Department of the National Building Materials Administration are as follows:(1) Formulate the intellectual property protection regulations applicable to this system , guide, supervise, and inspect the intellectual property protection work of directly affiliated units;

(2) Organize publicity and learning of legal knowledge and exchange experiences related to intellectual property;

(3) Mediation according to law and handle patent disputes arising from bureau-affiliated units;

(4) Assist bureau-affiliated units or cooperate with other law enforcement units to mediate and resolve intellectual property disputes between bureau-affiliated units or outside the bureau system;

(5) Responsible for the intellectual property management of various national plans and projects. Article 15 The unit shall make it clear that the leaders in charge and the centralized management departments are responsible for the protection of intellectual property rights. Their main responsibilities are:

(1) Promote and organize employees to learn the knowledge of the unit on the laws and regulations for intellectual property protection. Detailed rules or measures for property rights protection, and organize their implementation;

(2) Responsible for the undertaking unit’s patent or appraisal application, trademark registration, achievement registration, etc.;

(3) Accreditation unit’s Trade secrets, and clarify the content, scope and protection measures of recognized trade secrets;

(4) Participate in the signing or review of various contracts and agreements involving intellectual property rights in the unit;

(5) Accept the entrustment of the legal representative of the unit and be responsible for the handling of intellectual property disputes, litigation and other work on behalf of the unit.