Working as a patent attorney

文章大意

一位专利律师校友在职业日介绍自己的工作：专利由政府授予发明人或公司，通常最长20年，能否获批取决于发明是否原创，专利审查员会审核，专利律师要说服审查员并撰写完整描述。入行需扎实理工科背景（化学或工程），还要有沟通能力和外语阅读能力，工作有趣且薪资高，但取得资格需4到6年。

题目与答案

1. Getting a patent

   · Nowadays most patents are applied for by a 31_____ .

   答案：company

   原文定位：A patent is granted by the government to inventors, or more usually these days, to a company

   同义替换：「Nowadays」↔「these days」，「most」↔「more usually」，「applied for by」↔「granted by」

2. · The invention has to be 32_____ in order to be patented.

   答案：original

   原文定位：The likelihood of getting a patent is dependent on whether the invention is original or not. This is the crucial factor

3. · A detailed 33_____ of the invention is required.

   答案：description

   原文定位：In order to get the patent, we need to produce a full description of the invention

   同义替换：「detailed」↔「full」，「required」↔「need to」

4. Requirements

   · Academic qualifications e.g. Chemistry or 34_____ .

   答案：engineering

   原文定位：Often, people have studied chemistry or alternatively, engineering

   同义替换：「Academic qualifications」↔「studied」

5. · People with very good 35_____ .

   答案：communication skills

   原文定位：They want employees who have excellent communication skills

   同义替换：「very good」↔「excellent」，「People」↔「employees」

6. · Knowledge of a different 36_____ (desirable).

   答案：foreign language

   原文定位：So if you can understand a foreign language, that's a great asset

   同义替换：「different」↔「foreign」，「desirable」↔「a great asset」

7. Advantages of the job

   · Interesting - uses range of expertise

   · Good 37_____

   答案：salary

   原文定位：after that, you can earn a high salary which compares very well with other similar professions

   同义替换：「Good」↔「high」

8. Disadvantages of the job

   · Sometimes quite 38_____

   · Location is inflexible

   答案：lonely

   原文定位：It can be rather lonely, as you tend to sit in front of a computer for most of the day

   同义替换：「quite」↔「rather」

9. Possible places of work

   · Large 39_____ organisations

   答案：industrial

   原文定位：Many people work in industrial companies. The big ones have their own patent departments

   同义替换：「Large」↔「big」，「organisations」↔「companies」

10. · Private practices

    · 40_____ departments

    答案：government

    原文定位：Finally, it's possible to get a job in various government offices. In those departments, you'll probably be looking at applications for patents and making decisions about them

    同义替换：「departments」↔「offices」