China patent law stipulates that service inventions include

Legal analysis: inventions made in the course of one's own job, inventions made by the unit entrusted to complete tasks other than one's own job, inventions made within 1 year after retirement or job transfer, and inventions undertaken by the original unit related to one's own job or tasks assigned by the original unit.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law.

Article 6 The material conditions of an entity refer to the funds, equipment, spare parts, raw materials or technical data that are not disclosed to the public.

Article 12 The term "service invention-creation" as mentioned in Article 6 of the Patent Law means:

(a) inventions in their own work;

(2) Inventions and creations accomplished by performing tasks other than their own duties entrusted by the entity;

(3) Inventions and creations made within 1 year after retirement, transfer from the original unit or dissolution of labor and personnel relations, which are related to my work undertaken in the original unit or tasks assigned by the original unit.