Detailed Rules Article 77 Where a unit granted a patent right has not agreed with the inventor or designer in the rules and regulations formulated according to law, or has not agreed on the way and amount of reward as stipulated in Article 16 of the Patent Law, it shall give the inventor or designer a bonus within 3 months from the date of announcement of the patent right. The bonus for an invention patent is at least 3,000 yuan; The minimum bonus for utility model patent or design patent shall not be less than 1000 yuan. Where an invention-creation is completed because the suggestion of the inventor or designer is adopted by the entity, the entity that has been granted the patent right shall give a bonus from the superior entity.