Can undertake the national defense patent application and the national defense patent affairs within the unit and the entrustment of patent affairs, and can also undertake the patent agency business and patent affairs agency entrustment in the society. Generally speaking, national defense patent agencies have dual functions of intellectual property affairs management and service in their own systems or units.
2. Foreign patent agencies
Can undertake the agency entrustment of China units and individuals to apply for patents abroad, and the agency entrustment of foreigners, foreign enterprises and foreign organizations to apply for patents and handle patent-related affairs in China; Can also accept enterprises, institutions or other organizations in Taiwan Province Province to apply for patents in the mainland, and accept the agency's entrustment to handle related patent affairs.
2. General patent agencies
Can accept the entrustment of natural persons and legal persons in China to engage in the domestic patent affairs agency business; It can also act as an agent for natural persons in Taiwan Province Province to apply for patents and other related patent affairs in mainland China.