About this role
Patents Examiners investigate and report on patent applications to assess their compliance with the requirements of the Patents Act.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Patents Examiner include:
- assesses whether patent applications provide an adequate technical description of the invention
- assess whether the patent rights sought are justified and match the invention's technical description
- searches online databases to discover similar patents held in Australia and overseas
- assesses whether the advances claimed for the invention are new
- reports their findings to the patent applicant or the applicant's legal representative.