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Germany - the engineer owns the patent along with all the rights, and the company then pays royalties to the engineer. This even though the engineer is still working for the company. 
Britain - the engineer gives all rights to the company being worked for. The company then pays the engineer nothing, with the caveat that the engineer is getting the prestige of having their name on the patent. 
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Not allways the case one might add..
Am currently employed in Germany and will be filing for 3-4 patents in a near future (Internal filing, if it will be filed for real is a different story).
Anywho.. I will have to sign the rights to the company and then, if there is ever a patent with proceeds, I will get "
some" royalties
and my name on the patent..