What are the types of patent agencies and their business scope?

What are the types of patent agencies and the business scope of patent agencies in China at present? The following small series will introduce you to this aspect. Types of patent agencies and business scope of patent agencies. Types of patent agencies The types of patent agencies include: (1) National defense patent agencies may undertake national defense patent applications and the entrustment of national defense patent affairs and patent affairs within their own units, but may not undertake patent agency business and patent affairs entrusted by the society. Generally speaking, national defense patent agencies have dual functions of intellectual property affairs management and service in their own systems or units. (2) Foreign-related patent agencies can undertake the agency entrustment of China units and individuals to apply for patents abroad, as well as the agency entrustment of foreigners, foreign enterprises and foreign organizations to apply for patents and handle patent affairs in China; Can also accept enterprises, institutions or other organizations in Taiwan Province Province to apply for patents in the mainland, and accept the agency's entrustment to handle related patent affairs. (3) Ordinary patent agencies can accept the entrustment of natural persons and legal persons in China to engage in domestic patent affairs; It can also act as an agent for natural persons in Taiwan Province Province to apply for patents and other related patent affairs in mainland China. Two. Business Scope of Patent Agency The business scope of a patent agency generally includes: (1) assisting in handling patent affairs, including writing application documents, handling formalities, handing in documents and fees; (2) Consultation on legal affairs; (3) patent retrieval and patent term monitoring; (four) to assist the financing, transfer and intermediary business of patent projects; (five) to undertake market research of patent projects and write feasibility reports; (six) counterfeiting patents and writing litigation documents; (seven) to help inventors organize expert appraisal, conference discussion, project demonstration and other businesses. These businesses are all bought with money. Patent applicants have to pay the corresponding fees for this.