What do patent agents usually do?

Patent agents and lawyers have similar professional characteristics, and they are both professionals who handle legal affairs on behalf of their clients. 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. So, what do patent agents usually do? Patent agency 1, pre-case retrieval and patent application: the purpose of pre-case retrieval is mainly to see whether the technical scheme of the invention and creation made by the inventor is novel and creative, while patent application (including invention, utility model and design) mainly includes writing application documents and submitting them to the government. 2. Review comments reply and review: the review comments reply includes the reply to the review comments in the preliminary review stage and the substantive review stage. Re-examination (if the examiner does not authorize this application, the applicant may file a re-examination with the Patent Reexamination Board after receiving the rejection decision). 3. Invalidation: If Party B thinks that A's patent does not conform to the relevant provisions of the Patent Law, so Party B submits a request for invalidation of A's patent to the Reexamination Board, and the corresponding Party A will generally reply. 4. Patent litigation: including patent administrative litigation (A sues the Patent Reexamination Board for determining that its patent right is invalid) and patent civil litigation (A sues B for infringing its patent right), and the patent agent can represent the plaintiff or defendant accordingly. 5. Consultation and analysis in the above stages: for example, whether a technical scheme can be patented, what kind of patent should be applied for, whether a product infringes the patent right of a patent, etc. 6. Patent mining and layout: the agent and the inventor discuss and sort out the patentable achievements of a research and development project, apply for patent layout of the research and development achievements, and apply for one or more patents, so that the achievements can be best protected, and the protection scope is the largest under the premise of lasting and stable patent rights. 7. Others: Some patent agents are engaged in novice training, case review and agency management; Some patent agents are more engaged in document translation or training and education; Some patent agents are more engaged in patent transfer and operation; Even some patent agents focus on business development and no longer or rarely represent specific cases. In addition, patent auxiliary matters such as process monitoring and fee payment are generally handled by specialized process personnel of the firm, but the process personnel are generally managed by patent agents. Whether a patent can be authorized is determined by the level of patent agents. Whether the scope of patent protection is appropriate depends on the level of patent agents. If the inventor fails to apply for a patent for the invention-creation achievement in time, or the claim is poorly written, the invention-creation will not be protected by the patent law.