(1) 18 years old, with full capacity for civil conduct;
(2) Graduated from a science and engineering major in an institution of higher learning or equivalent;
(3) Familiar with patent law and related legal knowledge;
(4) Engaged in scientific and technical work or legal work for more than two years.
Graduation of science and engineering majors in colleges and universities refers to obtaining a college degree or above recognized by the state and obtaining a diploma or degree certificate. Foreign language, Chinese, law (including intellectual property law) and other majors do not belong to science and engineering majors and do not meet the academic requirements in the registration conditions; For economic management related majors, the corresponding degree awarded is a degree of science or engineering, which meets the academic requirements in the registration conditions; Otherwise, candidates need to bring the transcripts or course certificates issued by the graduation school, and the staff of the test center will review and determine whether the majors they have studied meet the registration requirements.
Among them, "science and engineering major" and "equivalent academic ability" are defined as: the scope of science and engineering majors allowed to apply refers to the 07- 10 category in the Catalogue of Undergraduate Majors in Colleges and Universities compiled by the Ministry of Education. For details, please refer to The Complete Collection of Undergraduate Majors in China Colleges and Universities published by Capital Normal University Press (2009 edition) or the "Old and New Catalogue of Science and Engineering Majors in Colleges and Universities" in the policy answer column of "Patent Agent Qualification Examination" of China National Intellectual Property Administration government portal website.
"Equivalent academic ability" refers to a college degree or above recognized by the state through self-study examination and adult education (full-time, part-time night university, correspondence, etc.). ), TV university, network distance education (some of which belong to part-time general higher education). Excluding undergraduate graduation, party school education and higher vocational education.
Candidates can go to the China Higher Education Student Information Network () to check whether their academic qualifications are recognized by the state.