Patent examiner vs attorney

Differences between patent examiner and attorney duties and responsibilities

Patent examiner example responsibilities.

• Leverage USPTO proprietary information and technical research to evaluate claim inventions.
• Learned and implement use of new software tools and applications at the USPTO on a regular basis.
• Provide management assistance to veterans in financial matters and solving issues.
• Analyze final determination of the competency of veterans and other VA beneficiaries and provide notification of the determination.
• Review and execute infringement and invalidity analyses for patents relating to telecommunications and call routing in support of major infringement litigation.
• Draft several patent applications relating to DNA diagnostic technologies.

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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