A patent examiner (or, historically, a patent clerk) is an employee, usually a civil servant with a scientific or engineering background, working at a...

representation by a registered patent attorney or patent agent. The patent examiner cannot recommend a specific attorney or agent, but the Patent Office does post a...

application. In the typical case, a patent examiner will examine patent claims and amendments in an original patent application for two rounds of "office...

handle less than seven patent applications per month and a USPTO examiner would handle eight applications per month, an Indian examiner reportedly handles...

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications...

procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing patent applications and oppositions to granted patents. The term "patent attorney" is used differently...

concept in Irish law Medical examiner Patent examiner Trademark examiner, an attorney employed by a government entity The Examiner (Kiama, New South Wales)...

Once filed, a patent application is "prosecuted". A patent examiner reviews the patent application to determine if it meets the patentability requirements...

A trademark examiner is an attorney employed by a government entity such as the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to determine whether...

A chemical patent, pharmaceutical patent or drug patent is a patent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceuticals industry. Strictly speaking, in...