What does patent agency mean?

Patent agency refers to a civil legal act in which a patent applicant (or patentee) entrusts a person with the qualification of patent agent to work in a patent agency officially authorized by the Patent Office in the process of applying for a patent, licensing a patent or resolving a patent dispute, and acts as an entrusted agent to handle a patent application or other patent office affairs in the name of the principal in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law. Patent agency also includes that the patent agent accepts the entrustment of the claimant for invalidation of the patent right and, as an entrusted agent, handles matters related to the request for invalidation of the patent right to the Patent Reexamination Board in the name of the client within the scope of authorization.