高級專利審查主任主要負責執行《專利條例》(第514 章)所訂的職責，有關職責為就原授專利申請及短期專利進行實質審查，就聆訊和其他審查工作提供技術支援和其他所需協助，以及就實質審查組之運作及管理事宜向總專利審查主任提供協助。
職責
A Senior Patent Examiner is mainly deployed on performing the duties under the Patents Ordinance (Cap. 514) in relation to substantive examination of original grant patent applications and short-term patents, provision of technical input and all necessary assistance in relation to hearings and other examination tasks, as well as providing support to the Chief Patent Examiner in the operation and management of the substantive examination team.
入職條件
申請人必須：
- (a)持有香港本地大學頒授的二級榮譽或以上學士學位，有關學位須修讀一項或多於一項屬化學、電子及／或機械工程*領域的科目，或具備同等學歷；以及
- (b)
- (i)具備最少四年在知識產權局／專利當局所獲取的專利申請實質審查經驗(“實質審查經驗”)；或
- (ii)具備最少六年以中文或英文從事處理專利申請中關於實質審查的工作(包括但不限於草擬專利說明書及權利要求)的經驗，或以中文或英文就可享專利性、專利申請及其他關於專利批予前或批予後的事宜(例如專利有效性)提供意見的經驗(“從事專利事務經驗”)；或
- (iii)具備最少五年實質審查及從事專利事務經驗，當中最少兩年為實質審查經驗。
*化學、電子及機械工程這三大領域基本上包括但不限於下列技術性科目：
化學：- 應用生物學、應用化學、生物化學、生物工程、生物科學、生物醫學工程、生物醫學、生物技術、細胞及分子生物學、化學工程、化學科技、化學、中醫學、環境科學、食品科學、綠色能源科學、生命科學、醫學工程、醫療技術、醫學、藥理學、藥劑學
電子：- 應用物理學、計算機工程、計算機科學、電機工程、電力學、電子工程、信息工程、資訊科技、互聯網及多媒體技術、物理學、電訊學
機械工程：- 土木工程、材料工程、材料科學、機械工程、機械電子工程
Candidates should have -
- (a)a bachelor's degree with second class honours or above in one or more subject
- (s)in the field of Chemistry, Electricity and/or Mechanical Engineering* from a local university in Hong Kong, or equivalent; and
- (b)
- (i)at least four years of experience in substantive examination of patent applications in an intellectual property/patent office (“substantive examination experience”); or
- (ii)at least six years of experience in prosecuting tasks relating to substantive examination of patent applications in English or Chinese, including but not limited to drafting patent specification and claims, providing advice on issues on patentability, prosecution of patent applications and other pre-grant or post-grant patent related issues, such as patent validity (“patent prosecution experience”); or
- (iii)at least five years of substantive examination experience and patent prosecution experience, with a minimum of two years of substantive examination experience.
* The three major fields of Chemistry, Electricity and Mechanical Engineering are broadly classified to include, but not limited to, the following technical subjects:
Chemistry:- Applied Biology; Applied Chemistry; Biochemistry; Bioengineering; Biological Science; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedicine; Biotechnology; Cell and Molecular Biology; Chemical Engineering; Chemical Technology; Chemistry; Chinese Medicine; Environmental Science; Food Science; Green Energy Science; Life Science; Medical Engineering; Medical Technology; Medicine; Pharmacology; Pharmacy
Electricity:- Applied Physics; Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical Engineering; Electricity; Electronic Engineering; Information Engineering; Information Technology; Internet & Multimedia Technologies; Physics; Telecommunication
Mechanical Engineering:- Civil Engineering; Materials Engineering; Materials Science; Mechanical Engineering; Mechatronic Engineering
入職條件(註)
申請人須具備良好理解、分析、研究和表達技巧，並能夠清楚解釋複雜的問題及議題。
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