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Re:Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting person... by itronitron on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:40AM (#17389926)
Typically no, because employees 'sell' their rights to the patent to their employer when filing the patent application. It is customary for the employees to get a silver dollar as a token that has monetary value (hence the sale) and we can thank Richard Feynman for forcing there to be an actual transfer of money :)

I should also add that usually the inventor can't take the patent to their next job but if the inventor wrote super-narrow claims into the patent then that would be easy to work around at a future employer.

Re:Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting person... by maym86 on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:00PM (#17393422)
I don't think this is necessary. You can sign the rights away without a transfer of money.