I. Career Planning of Patent Agents
Is it better to apply for a patent in a firm or an enterprise?
First of all, let's look at Article 14 of the Patent Agency Regulations. The term "patent agent" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to the person who has obtained the patent agent qualification certificate and holds the patent agent work permit. ? It shows that the patent agent must pass the examination first, and the patent agent work permit is also put forward by the agency.
Second, look at article 17? A patent agent must undertake the patent agency work assigned by the patent agency and may not accept the entrustment by himself. ? A patent agent must work in a patent agency before signing the application documents.
Again, see article 19. Those who have obtained the patent agent qualification certificate and have not been engaged in patent agency business or patent management within five years will automatically lose their patent agent qualification certificate. ? Explain that if you don't work in an organ or administrative department within five years, your qualifications will be gone.
These laws and regulations have blocked the possibility of working in an enterprise in the name of an agent, such as applying for a patent and filing a patent dispute lawsuit, and can not be handled in the name of an agent. As an agent, the qualification certificate can only be linked to one agency; Or, abolish these regulations, or adopt alternative methods.
Aside from these laws and regulations, in terms of interest orientation, the agency has a clear positioning, easy to gather experience, rich social resources and stronger professionalism. Customers tend to entrust an agency instead of finding someone to take charge of patent business, which is invalid, especially for core technologies.
For agents, the business handled in the agency is very extensive, surrounded by peers, which is conducive to the cultivation of their own abilities.
Especially in the organs, the treatment is generally higher and the status is higher.
It also has certain advantages in enterprises, such as close cooperation with technology, especially R&D departments, patent layout and planning space; In addition, you can also cultivate your ability in management. But there are many restrictions in the enterprise. Based on the inherent characteristics of patents, the position of patent department in enterprises should not be too high, and F is a typical example. However, if combined with lawyers, there are still things to do.
Knowledge and skills that agents should master:
In addition to mastering the necessary communication skills, it takes a lot of accumulation to become a successful agent.
Taking the agency certificate is just the beginning, and it just means that you can start working.
What you need to master are: writing skills, basic understanding of the relevant laws of patent law, the requirements of examiners, oa answering skills, basic retrieval skills, and most importantly, familiarity with the accumulation of background knowledge in the industry. Interlaced like a mountain, if electronic agents accept medical records, they will definitely have a headache, and vice versa.
Specific career planning of the agent:
1, a diligent writer, is suitable for people who are unsociable and pedantic. After years of accumulation, he will be a senior broker, perhaps a partner, and his popularity is limited to the field of brokers.
2. Writing and customer service are integrated, and people who are sociable and extroverted will become well-known people in the industry after years of accumulation and have a wide network of contacts. You may open your own office, or you may become the department manager of top 10.
3. Career planning of agent customer service personnel. Those who have an engineering background and are willing to write can be transformed into the second person above. If they are sleepy at the sight of business books and can't learn, they will continue to engage in customer service, cultivate customers into friends and establish a solid interpersonal network. Success is expected.
4, translation process and other personnel, if their professional ability is outstanding, such as foreign language level, they may not be engaged in intellectual property rights, and a joke can make a lot of money as a tour guide. It is easier to succeed if you have superb business skills.
Second, the intellectual property engineer of the enterprise
The intellectual property departments of large enterprises are very detailed. There are managers, people in charge of the process, people in charge of patent mining, people in charge of retrieval and analysis, people who are biased towards legal practice, and people who are responsible for contacting Grandpa's intellectual property department of SMEs. There may be only 1 person, and even supervision.
To be an intellectual property manager in an enterprise, a newcomer must first have the management ability, from managing to being managed, and from being managed to managing others. If he has no management ability, he will always be a bottom-level employee.
Business knowledge:
Management ability, team building and training
Patent application approval process, relevant agency experience
Patent law, related laws
Patent retrieval and analysis
Strategy formulation and implementation
Risk early warning and control
Foreign language proficiency, bilingual, trilingual or multilingual.
Other abilities: interpersonal relationships
Assist and coordinate internal superiors and other departments.
To manage and coordinate foreign cooperation service agencies.
Maintain public relations with the government, courts, societies and associations.
How do enterprise intellectual property personnel plan their career? If you plan to work in an enterprise for a long time, you should strive to make achievements, become an indispensable assistant to your superiors, and want to lead what you think and be ahead of others.
In this case, as long as you have basic knowledge, you don't have to do everything yourself. But at least know who to do it, judge the quality of the completed results, and the ability to solve emergencies. If an enterprise really doesn't pay attention to intellectual property rights, it can continue to do it for another enterprise.
Therefore, the career planning vision of the intellectual property manager is to be an assistant to the president and then become an official in other departments. Because intellectual property is the least valued, but on the contrary, it is also the easiest to achieve results.
Third, the examiner
Now that you have passed the civil service exam, let's do the screws first. Working in an organization like Juice requires experience in development and strong business relationships. In fact, civil servants are quite good, so don't be afraid of unemployment. The wind can't blow, and the rain can't beat. Stable job and acceptable salary. Of course, it would be great to be in a management position.