Patents Examiners

Patents Examiners investigate and report on patent applications to assess their compliance with the requirements of the Patents Act.

What the job involves

• 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