The patent agent's specific job is to write patent legal documents for the applicant, answer examination opinions, and help the patentee to handle court proceedings in case of disputes. If a foreign-related patent agent is involved, the patent agent will also translate the foreign materials into Chinese and make amendments according to the patent law.
At present, most domestic enterprises have not applied for patents. In the increasingly fierce competition environment, the competition between Chinese and foreign enterprises for intellectual property talents has also begun to heat up. Enterprises begin to need patent agents to declare some important technological achievements in time. When enterprises find that someone is using, manufacturing or selling their own patented products, which threatens their own interests, they need patent agents to assist in safeguarding rights. Therefore, patent agents are playing an increasingly important role in enterprises.
Career prospects
Under the background of China's entry into WTO and increasingly fierce competition among enterprises, owning patents can not only help enterprises gain profits and enhance their core competitiveness, but also take corresponding defensive measures when they are impacted by competitors.
According to statistics, 75% of patent applications in China are completed by agents. With the strengthening of intellectual property protection, China needs more and more patent agents. As a new profession, patent agent plays an important role as a bridge in the process of high-tech industrialization, and has become an increasingly optimistic profession.