Patent analyst vs attorney

Differences between patent analyst and attorney duties and responsibilities

Patent analyst example responsibilities.

• Manage and provide responses to incoming subpoenas and discovery requests relating to underwriting files and policy and accounting information.
• Conduct invalidation search, freedom-to-operate search and landscape studies in USPTO, EPO, WIPO and Chinese patent database SIPO
• Perform patentability, invalidity, freedom to operate (FTO), and evidence of use searches.
• Evaluate complex patent portfolios for licensing value and litigation suitability.
• Review completed applications for compliance with USPTO contract and quality requirements.
• Manage and provide responses to incoming subpoenas and discovery requests relating to underwriting files and policy and accounting information.
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Attorney example responsibilities.

• Manage the death administration department with approximately thirty-five plus estates through trust administration, Medicaid estate recovery or probate.
• Respond to subpoenas and pleadings in litigation and in regulatory inquiries and investigations involving corporate clients.
• Represent employers before federal administrative agencies, including inspections, administrative litigation, court-enforcement actions and appeals.
• Litigate personal injury, and general liability matters, worker's compensation, estate planning and litigation, environmental liability litigation.
• Create and give a presentation regarding non- attorney ethics to division staff.
• Comply with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity
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