China National Intellectual Property Administration sets up patent agent examination committee. The examination committee examines the examination outline and determines the qualified scores. The members are composed of relevant personnel from relevant departments of China National Intellectual Property Administration and the State Council, patent agency industry organizations and representatives of patent agents, and the director is China National Intellectual Property Administration. The office of the Examination Committee is responsible for the specific work of the examination. Article 4 The patent administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for the examination within their respective administrative areas, and implement the examination policy and examination management system formulated by China National Intellectual Property Administration. The departments in charge of patent work under the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall set up leading groups for examination work, which shall be responsible for examination organization, examination security and confidentiality, emergency handling and reporting of emergencies within their respective administrative areas, and handling of violations of discipline and discipline of candidates and examination staff. Article 5 The examination shall be held once a year, and the national unified proposition shall be implemented. The scope of the proposition is subject to the examination outline. The exam includes the following subjects:
(1) Knowledge of patent law;
(2) Relevant legal knowledge;
(3) Patent agency practice. Article 6 The examination is a closed-book examination and adopts computerized examination. Article 7 The examination shall be graded uniformly throughout the country. The organization and coordination of marking shall be the responsibility of the examination committee office. Article 8 Candidates who have passed all subjects within three years will be awarded the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Agent Qualification Certificate after passing the examination. Article 9 The patent administrative departments of China National Intellectual Property Administration and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall keep the examination confidential. Confidentiality work should adhere to the principles of unified leadership, hierarchical management, responsibility step by step, active prevention and focus. Article 10 The departments in charge of patent work of China National Intellectual Property Administration and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall promptly prevent and effectively respond to emergencies in the examination process. Emergency handling of emergencies should follow the principles of unified command, graded responsibility, effective control and legal disposal, so as to give priority to prevention and be always ready. Article 11 The patent administrative department in China National Intellectual Property Administration and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in accordance with these Measures, deal with the disciplinary actions of the examinees and examiners with clear facts, conclusive evidence, standardized procedures and accurate applicable provisions. Twelfth China National Intellectual Property Administration may, according to the needs of the development of patent agency industry, implement preferential examination policies in qualified areas. Candidates who meet the preferential examination policies shall be awarded the qualification certificate of patent agent by China National Intellectual Property Administration, which allows them to practice in this province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government. Chapter II Examination Organization Article 13 Four months before the examination is held in China National Intellectual Property Administration every year, the relevant matters of the examination shall be announced to the public, and the relevant arrangements such as the city of the examination center, registration procedures, examination time, qualification award and so on shall be announced. Article 14 Where the patent administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government meet the prescribed conditions, they may apply to China National Intellectual Property Administration for setting up test sites within their respective administrative areas. Fifteenth China National Intellectual Property Administration may entrust a computerized examination service provider (hereinafter referred to as the examination service provider) to perform part of the examination work.
Examination service providers shall accept the supervision and guidance of China National Intellectual Property Administration and the departments for patent administration of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government (hereinafter referred to as the Examination Bureau) with examination places within their respective administrative areas. Article 16 China National Intellectual Property Administration will send patrol personnel to the test center bureau. Patrol personnel shall supervise and coordinate the examination work of the examination center bureau and the examination service provider, and report to China National Intellectual Property Administration in time when problems are found.
After the examination of all subjects, the patrol personnel shall bring back a copy of the examination record, the report of violations and related materials recovered by the examination center bureau and submit them to the office of the examination Committee. Article 17 The Examination Center Bureau shall urge and guide the examination service providers to implement the examination sites and examination rooms in the local area, organize the inspection of the examination sites and examination rooms in the local area, urge and guide the examination service providers to undertake the examination work, and hold a briefing on invigilating duties before the examination.
The test center bureau shall designate the person in charge of the test center. Eighteenth examination center bureau shall supervise and guide the examination service providers to choose the examination room according to the principle of concentration and convenience. The examination room shall meet the following requirements:
(a) the fire control facilities are complete, and the evacuation passage is smooth, quiet, well ventilated and well lit;
(two) hardware, software and network configuration in accordance with the provisions;
(3) Having a place or facility for temporarily storing the articles carried by candidates.