What does a patent agent do?

Patent agent (the title of "patent agent" in the Patent Agency Regulations (Draft for Review) published by the State Council Legislative Affairs Office in February, 201/2000 is changed to "patent agent") refers to the person who has obtained the patent agent qualification certificate, holds the patent agent practice certificate and is engaged in patent agency work full-time.

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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.

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(1) patent application consultation;

(2) Acting as an agent to write patent application documents, apply for patents, go through examination and approval procedures and go through various procedures in post-examination affairs;

(3) Acting as an agent for the examination of patent applications, the revocation or invalidation of patent rights, or providing consultation on the above procedures;

(four) to handle the transfer of patented technology or provide consultation;

(5) Other patent-related matters.