
Up to 12 months of practical experience will also be recognized for those entitled to practice before the patent office of another country. As of May 1, 2014, a patent agent trainee can sit the exams if the trainee is a resident in Canada and has worked in Canada in the area of Canadian patent law and practice, including the preparation and prosecution of applications, for a period of at least 24 months. To become a registered patent agent in Canada one must complete a series of four qualifying exams over four days. Once registered, a Patent and Trademark Attorney may be elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia.


Until the late 1990s, topics were mainly taught and examined by members of the patent attorney profession under the oversight of the PSB, but this process has now been brought into the university system within Australia.

To apply to become a Trans-Tasman patent attorney, one must:
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Registration as a patent attorney in Australia and New Zealand is administered by the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board (the Board).
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On the national level, the requirements are not harmonized, although across the 27 Member States of the European Union respective professional qualifications are mutually recognised to some degree. In Europe, requirements for practising as patent attorney before national patent offices should be distinguished from those needed for practising before the European Patent Office (EPO) or the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO).
