French: agent des formalitésEnglish translation: formalities officer (patents) 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | agent des formalités (brevets) | | English translation: | formalities officer (patents) | | Entered by: | SwissTell |
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Law/Patents - Patents / European Patent Office | | French term or phrase: agent des formalités | | This person, working at the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office, has signed and sent a decision on a patent. I have it tentatively down as "dispatcher" but am not at all sure. Please confirm or correct. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseSwissTell (asker): 7:15pm Jun 29, 2007: Sarah: I cannot use Examiner, as further above there is a list of people in the Opposition Division handling the case... -
SwissTell (asker): 7:17pm Jun 29, 2007: ... and outside of the Prfesident there is the 1st and the 2nd Examiner and does a Patent Clerk really sound "upgrade"? -
Kim Metzger: 7:43pm Jun 29, 2007: Sound "upgrade"?
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| | examiner | Explanation:
According to Wikipedia, "A patent examiner or patent clerk is an employee, usually a civil servant, working within a patent office."
I think "dispatcher" plays down the role too much.
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Note added at 57 mins (2007-06-29 19:40:03 GMT)
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In answer to your note above (and sorry, I don't know how to place this answer in the top box - I'm new to ProZ!), I think the terms is Patent Formalities Officer. cf: http://www.epo.org/about-us/jobs/administrative-staff/ext-41...
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| Selected response from:
 Sarah Llewellyn
United States
| Note from asker to answererFormalities Officer it is! Thanks for your help, Sarah.
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Explanation:
According to Wikipedia, "A patent examiner or patent clerk is an employee, usually a civil servant, working within a patent office."
I think "dispatcher" plays down the role too much.
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Note added at 57 mins (2007-06-29 19:40:03 GMT)
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In answer to your note above (and sorry, I don't know how to place this answer in the top box - I'm new to ProZ!), I think the terms is Patent Formalities Officer. cf: http://www.epo.org/about-us/jobs/administrative-staff/ext-41...
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_examiner
| | Note from asker to answerer| Formalities Officer it is! Thanks for your help, Sarah. |
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