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Your profession: Patent attorney (m/f)

Professional activities

Patent attorneys act as independent legal parties in advising and representing individual persons and companies in matters relating to the protection of commercial rights.

Fields of work

Patent attorneys mainly work for legal practices, especially in patent attorney firms, or in legal consultancy in the field of licensing and exploitation of licences. They may also work as patent assessors in the legal departments of companies in virtually every branch of trade and industry. They may be employed by institutes of higher education in research and teaching capacity.

The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).