The National Patent Agent Qualification Examination is a professional qualification examination held in China National Intellectual Property Administration to engage in the patent agency industry. After passing this examination, the Patent Agent Qualification Certificate will be issued by the Patent Agent Examination Committee.
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First, the patent agent qualification examination registration conditions:
China citizens who support the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC) and meet the following conditions may sign up for the national patent agent qualification examination:
1. 1.8 years old, with full capacity for civil conduct;
2. University degree in science and engineering 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.
Second, the examination time:
The exam is held once a year, generally in June 5438+065438+ 10, and more than a dozen test sites in China are held at the same time.
Third, the examination content:
The examination includes patent legal knowledge (total score 150), relevant legal knowledge (total score 100) and patent agency practice (total score 150).
Fourth, the examination admission:
The admission method is to determine a score line based on the sum of patent legal knowledge and related legal knowledge (called "legal knowledge" part), and determine a score line separately for patent agency practice (called "agency practice" part), and double qualified scores are preferred for admission. Every year, according to the actual needs of patent work and the difficulty of the examination questions in that year, the Patent Agent Examination Committee determines the qualified scores of the legal knowledge part and the agency practice part respectively. If the examinee's test scores of legal knowledge or agency practice in that year passed the qualified score line, the office of the jury will issue the qualified report, and the qualified record will be valid for three years from that year. Candidates need to make up the exam in the next two years and pass another part of the exam. Candidates who fail the two-part exam within three years and take the exam again will be recalculated for the record period of qualified scores.