A patent agent refers to a person who has obtained a patent agent qualification certificate, holds a patent agent practice certificate and is engaged in patent agency work full-time. According to the relevant provisions of the "Measures for the Implementation of Qualification Examination", the patent agent qualification examination adopts the national unified examination method and is held once a year. The patent agent qualification examination includes the following examination subjects: (1) Basic legal knowledge related to patents; (2) Writing of patent application documents; (3) Patent application procedures, examination and approval procedures and document retrieval; (four) the patent examination and approval standards and examination and invalidation. The patent agent qualification examination takes the form of closed-book written examination.
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A patent agent refers to a person who has obtained a patent agent qualification certificate, holds a patent agent practice certificate and is engaged in patent agency work full-time. Patent agents and lawyers are two different qualifications, although they are both agents of legal affairs. Don't mistake patents for legal issues, lawyers can handle them, especially if enterprises have legal advisers. In particular, it is necessary to find out whether our legal advisers are qualified as patent agents before deciding whether to entrust them with patent affairs. Generally speaking, patent agents can only handle patent affairs and cannot handle other legal affairs. Lawyers can only handle legal affairs other than patents, but not patent affairs, because most lawyers have no technical background in science and engineering, do not know the technical information of patents, and have not received special training in dealing with patent affairs. In view of the important role of patent agency in the normal operation of the patent system, the Patent Agency Regulations (Revised Draft) promulgated by the State Council Legislative Affairs Office in February, 201/changed the title of "patent agent" to "patent agent" and made comprehensive provisions on obtaining qualification certificates and issuing practice certificates. The person in charge of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council said that this change is to enhance the social status of professionals engaged in patent agency affairs and enhance their sense of honor. And refers to the names of other professionals who need administrative license to practice in China, such as lawyers, doctors, certified public accountants, etc. And the names of patent agency practitioners in developed countries such as Europe and America.