Does the patent applied by the employee after leaving the company belong to the company or to the individual?

As long as it is not the relevant trade secret data and experimental data obtained during the on-the-job period, the invention patent after leaving office belongs to the inventor.

It depends on whether your patent has anything to do with the technology of the last unit. If there is any connection, all the patents applied for within one year after leaving the company belong to the company and belong to the service invention.

Service inventions are divided into two categories:

One kind is the invention and creation completed by carrying out the tasks of the unit. Including the following three situations:

(1) Inventions and creations completed by inventors in their own work;

(2) Inventions and creations completed when performing tasks unrelated to the work delivered by the unit;

(3) Inventions and creations made within 1 year after resignation, retirement or job transfer, which are related to the job undertaken by the original unit or the tasks assigned by the unit;

The other is the invention and creation mainly using the material conditions of the unit (including funds, equipment, spare parts, raw materials or technical information that is not disclosed to the public); If only a small amount of material and technical conditions of the unit are used, and the use of such material conditions has nothing to do with the completion of the invention, it cannot be regarded as a service invention.