Although it is stipulated that patent agents who have obtained practice licenses must engage in patent agency work full-time.
To apply for a patent agent's practice license, the following conditions shall be met:
(1) Having the qualification of patent agent;
(2) Being able to engage in full-time patent agency business;
(3) Having no experience in patent agency or patent examination, having been practicing in a patent agency continuously for 1 year and having participated in on-the-job training;
(4) being employed by a patent agency;
(five) the age at the time of issuance is not more than 70 years old;
(6) Good conduct.
In any of the following circumstances, the patent agent's practice certificate shall not be issued:
(a) does not have full capacity for civil conduct;
(two) before the application, he practiced in other patent agencies, but he was not dismissed by the patent agency, and did not go through the formalities for cancellation of the patent agent's practice license;
(3) changing the patent agency less than 1 year after obtaining the patent agency practice certificate;
(4) Being punished by the revocation of the patent agent's practice certificate as stipulated in Article 5 of the Rules on Punishment of Patent Agents (Trial) for less than 3 years;
(5) Being subject to criminal punishment (except negligent crime).