In order to implement the intellectual property strategy, strengthen the construction of intellectual property professional and technical personnel, and enhance the ability of independent innovation, many provinces in China include intellectual property specialty in the engineering series, and set up advanced intellectual property rights in the evaluation of professional titles of professional and technical personnel.
Engineers and intellectual property engineers.
"Patent agent" refers to a person who works in the Patent Office, helps clients to write patent specifications and submit patent application materials to China National Intellectual Property Administration.
Intellectual property engineers can be patent agents.
Not all patent agents have obtained the technical title of intellectual property engineer.
concept
Intellectual property engineer refers to a comprehensive talent who can engage in intellectual property management affairs in intellectual property management institutions, large enterprises, scientific research institutes and other units.
Knowledge demand
Familiar with the knowledge and technology of patent law, trademark law, copyright law, trade secret law and international intellectual property law, and provide comprehensive intellectual property management services for intellectual property management institutions, large enterprises, scientific research institutes and other units by using intellectual property professional knowledge and technical methods. Specific requirements:
1. Have the basic theories and knowledge of various disciplines of intellectual property, and be familiar with enterprise management knowledge;
2. Understand the frontier and trend of intellectual property development;
3. Familiar with China intellectual property legal system and related policy system and general legal system and policy;
4. Master the skills and methods of patent and trademark retrieval and information query, and have the basic methods of general literature retrieval and information query, which can solve the problems of literature retrieval and information query as soon as possible.
5. The ability to use intellectual property knowledge to solve and deal with intellectual property litigation and management problems;
operating duty
It mainly helps enterprises to formulate intellectual property strategic systems, including patent systems, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and other systems.
1. Formulate various rules and regulations on intellectual property management, coordinate intellectual property management, divide the management scope and responsibilities of each post, and guide, supervise and inspect the intellectual property management of other departments;
2. Review the applications of business departments and organize the establishment of intellectual property archives management;
3. Responsible for external work such as intellectual property application;
4. Responsible for handling intellectual property disputes, lawsuits and other foreign work;
5. Participate in signing or reviewing all kinds of contracts and agreements involving the intellectual property content of this major, and establish intellectual property contract files;
6. Organize intellectual property publicity and learning, and promote and assist R&D personnel to complete technology research and development.
Generally speaking, patent agents can only handle patent affairs and cannot handle other legal affairs. Lawyers can only handle legal affairs other than patents, but not patent affairs, because most lawyers have no technical background in science and engineering, do not know the technical information of patents, and have not received special training in dealing with patent affairs.
Patent agency business
(1) patent application consultation;
(2) Acting as an agent to write patent application documents, apply for patents, go through examination and approval procedures and go through various procedures in post-examination affairs;
(3) Acting as an agent for the examination of patent applications, the revocation or invalidation of patent rights, or providing consultation on the above procedures;
(four) to handle the transfer of patented technology or provide consultation;
(5) Other patent-related matters.