Article 78 Where the unit granted a patent right has not agreed with the inventor or designer or the way and amount of remuneration stipulated in Article 16 of the Patent Law in the rules and regulations formulated according to law, within the validity period of the patent right, after the patent for invention-creation is implemented, not less than 2% or not less than 0.2% of the business profit of the patent for invention or utility model shall be paid to the inventor or designer as remuneration every year, or the inventor or designer shall be paid a one-time remuneration with reference to the above ratio. Where a unit that has been granted a patent right licenses other units or individuals to exploit its patent, it shall extract not less than 10% of the collected royalties as remuneration and pay it to the inventor or designer.
There are no restrictions on inventors and designers, indicating that they should be rewarded whether they are on the job or leaving.