Patent Clerk
A
patent clerk
or
patent examiner
is an
employee
, usually a
civil servant
, working within a
patent office
and whose work is to examine
patent
applications as to whether they deserve a patent. The work of patent clercks usually includes searching patent and
scientific literature
databases
for
prior art
, and substantively examining patent applications, that is examining whether the
claimed
invention meets the patentability requirements such as
novelty
, "
inventive step
" or "non-obviousness", "
industrial application
" (or "utility") and
sufficient disclosure
. Major employers of patent clerks are the
European Patent Office
, the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
and the
Japanese Patent Office
.
Notable patent clerks
Albert Einstein
, who worked for a couple of years at the
Swiss Patent Office
.
See also
Patent attorney
<< Previous
Word Browser
Next >>
edenbridge (band)
john clarke (disambiguation)
edenbridge
dequeue
vic wunderle
simon r jones
chen szu yuan
bobby dodd
cissy houston
micromount
presidium of the supreme soviet
laurence godfrey
habitation module
fracastorius (crater)
tim cuddihy
kenneth cole (disambiguation)
clockwork radio
hiroshi yamamoto
relational data mining
william rogers (disambiguation)
marco galiazzo
boeing x 48
david hannay, baron hannay of chiswick
silicone holocaust
california state route 120
fabrice bellard
thiel college
vecht (overijssel)
no. 1 hits of 1957
kelly sotherton
hureai kippu
election results, city council of cincinnati, ohio
gabriola island
annette island
pat dewine
hednesford
the joker's wild
camille coduri
donna beck
kuper island
picture in picture
living in clip
black sea (album)
castle hill, townsville