1 Inquiring patent documents for the clients when:
(1) Enterprises need a comprehensive assessment on patent royalty when introducing equipment;
(2) Enterprises need to inquire whether same product has acquired patent right in exporting country (or region) before exporting their goods;
(3) Enterprises intend to analyze the pulse of their competitors and the developing tendency of certain technology, study patent countermeasures and make developing plans in working out development goals and business decisions so that they may lessen mistakes;
(4) Enterprises need to search patent documents when they develop and manufacture new products;
(5) Patent documents needed to be used for watching domestic patent application, searching legal situation and claims of patent in respect of tortuous activities and protecting legal rights and interests of enterprises;
(6) Other patent documents need inquiring.
2 Application for Patent
(1) Searching and analyzing information relating to patent before application;
(2) Writing statement and paten claim;
(3) Domestic and international application procedures.
3 Maintenance of Patent
(1) Changes of particulars of patent;
(2) Payment of annual fee. 4 Review of Patent
(1) Initiating a review procedure of patent;
(2) Modifying the application documents.
5 Application for invalidation of Patent
(1) Initiating a procedure for invalidating patent;
(2) Modifying right claims;
(3) Applying for hearing the cases.
6 Administrative Review of Patent
(1) Initiating a procedure for administrative review;
(2) Unwritten opinion.
7 Patent Action
(1) Administrative action;
(2) Tort action;
(3) Applying for discontinuation of tortuous conduct before action.
8 Licensing, Pledge and Assignment of Patent
(1) Drafting and reviewing contracts;
(2) Record of contracts.
9 Assessing Patent from following aspects:
(1) Studying “right claim” in the Patent Statement;
(2) Studying the application of patent market and the maximum and minimum profits to be brought by patent to patentee;
(3) Getting to know the possibility and the time of the appearance of more advanced alternative technology or product;
(4) Getting to know the percentage to be deducted from the use of patent technology;
(5) Others.
10 Other Patent Affairs
(1) Patent programming in enterprises;
(2) Patent training program;
(3) Others.
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