Comments on: Patent Agents Can’t Do X

By: Patents

Patents — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:19:50 +0000

What is a day in the life of a Patent Agent like?I am a recently graduated ME that is intrested in pursuing a career as a Patent Agent and a possiblity of continuing my education in Law to ultimatly practice as a Patent Attorney. Any Do’s or Don’t would be greatly appreciated!

By: jaya

jaya — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:10:45 +0000

Yes. Any Non – Patent Attorney/Agent can write a patent application for another Person. But after writing the application it moves to the next stage i.e Filing and other proceedings. In this Stage Office Actions may arise. So the Non patent attorney/Agent must be able to the respond and Draft accordingly to the Office Actions. Further if any Opposition arises then person
will not be eligible to oppose and cannot move forward which are delt by Patent Office or High Court.

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By: Walter Scott

Walter Scott — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:01:54 +0000

In the late 70’s, the Western District of Michigan found that three years of practice before the USPTO from an address in Michigan, by someone who was qualified (licensed) as an attorney only in another state, constituted three years of legal experience sufficient to be admitted to the Michigan bar based on reprocity.

By: Michael Feigin

Michael Feigin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:58:03 +0000

This is an area that is unclear to many. It is important to look up your state’s attorney ethics opinions on this matter. In New Jersey, for example, opinion 6 on disciplinary matters says that an agent can only file an assignment at the time of filing. Each state is slightly different, and often the ethics boards don’t understand this issue and, in my experience, have erred on the side of, “If you’re a patent agent, we can’t touch you because the federal government licenses you.” It appears that unless you’re overtly practicing law which does not touch the Patent itself (a licensing agreement would be such an example), you’re okay. If you’re an attorney, depending the state, it’s even more broad. For example, Nevada lets out of state attorneys draft licensing agreements, etc, for Nevada residents even with a Nevada choice of law in the contract, subject to certain terms. (For information only.)

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