We get an official-looking "Certificate of Recognition" citing your clever idea, when you submit an invention disclosure (which is our internal form to start the patent ball rolling), which gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling when you first get one, as though someone cares

Unfortunately, experiments show that if you type in a random string of words to our internal web form, you get the self-same certificate sent to you, complete with random words, which takes that warm, fuzzy edge off that and all the preceding feelings!

We also get a plaque when a patent is granted, which is nice, but not a great substitue for the money which is supposed to accompany it, but typically takes several years to appear (not all of it due to the patent office timing)

Nick