The lawyer's practice license is an effective certificate for lawyers to engage in practice activities and an effective basis for verifying their identity. A person without a lawyer's practice license may not engage in activities in the name of a lawyer. A lawyer's practice certificate is different from a lawyer's qualification certificate. A lawyer's qualification certificate is a necessary prerequisite for obtaining a lawyer's practice certificate, but if there is only a lawyer's qualification certificate without a lawyer's practice certificate, it is forbidden to engage in lawyer's practice activities.
The lawyer's practice certificate shall be issued by the provincial judicial administrative organ after the qualification and other requirements of the applicant are examined and qualified through legal procedures. Therefore, to obtain a lawyer's practice license, the applicant should not only have the knowledge level required to obtain a lawyer's qualification, but also have the ability to actually carry out lawyer's business.
The patent agent qualification certificate refers to the patent agent qualification certificate issued by the Patent Agent Examination Committee to the candidates who meet the examination requirements after receiving the notice of passing the total score, and meet the relevant provisions of the Patent Agency Regulations after examination. The National Patent Agent Qualification Examination is a professional qualification examination held in China National Intellectual Property Administration, starting from 1992 (Ren Shennian). A patent agent refers to a person who has obtained the qualification of a patent agent, holds a patent agent's work permit and is engaged in patent agency work full-time or part-time. The national patent agent qualification examination is held once a year, generally at 1 1 in more than a dozen test sites across the country. Within three years from the year when a candidate obtains a qualified record of a certain part of the results, if both parts are qualified, the evaluation Committee office will issue a general qualified notice. After receiving the notice that the total score is qualified, candidates apply to the assessment committee. If they meet the relevant provisions of the Patent Agency Regulations after examination, the Patent Agent Assessment Committee will issue the Patent Agent Qualification Certificate.