J LSep 4, 2014•FeaturedJapanese Companies to Gain Sole Ownership of Patents for Employees' Inventions0 Comments Companies to gain sole ownership of patents for employees' inventions - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun The government scrapped a reward-system plan for creative workers and will revise the Patent Law to give companies unconditional patent ownership of products invented by their employees on the job, sources said.