Legal basis: Article 12 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). The term "service invention-creation" as mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent Law refers to:
(a) inventions in their own work;
(2) Inventions and creations accomplished by performing tasks other than their own duties entrusted by the entity;
(3) After retirement, within 1 year after transferring from the original unit or terminating the labor and personnel relationship, instead of in the original
Inventions and creations related to the work undertaken by the unit or the tasks assigned by the original unit.