Former Employee’s Invention belongs to the Former Employer if made within 1 year, according to Chinese Supreme People’s Court

Chinese Supreme People’s Court held that a former employee’s invention belongs to the former employer if the invention was made within 1 year after employment termination, and within the employee’s scope of employment, see Guangzhou Wanfu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. v. Shenzhen Libang Precision Instrument Co., Ltd. (2019) Supreme Law Zhimin Final No. 799. The case is related to Chinese patent application number 201610201438.5 and titled “blood gas analyzer and its blood gas biochemical test card”.