Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-1221: Patent Adviser Series
The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.IV-B-181), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction
with the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Professional and Scientific Positions."
Basic Requirements:
- Degree: major in a scientific, technological, or engineering field pertinent to the
position to be filled, as shown in paragraph A of the individual occupational requirements
for the particular series, e.g., Physics, GS-1310; Chemistry, GS-1320; etc.
OR
- Combination of education and experience--that meets the paragraph B provision of the
individual occupational requirements for the particular series pertinent to the position to
be filled, e.g, Physics, GS-1310; Chemistry, GS-1320; etc.
OR
- Four years of scientific, technological, or engineering experience that demonstrated
knowledge of the fundamental principles of the field involved in the position to be filled
equivalent to that which would have been obtained through successful completion of a full
4-year degree as shown in A above.
Professional patent work experience that involved either the examination or the
preparation and prosecution of applications for U.S. Patents; or experience gained as a Patent Attorney,
Patent Adviser, Patent Examiner, Patent Classifier, Patent Interference Examiner, Patent Research and
Development Examiner, Patent Examiner Specialist, or Law Examiner (Patents) is accept-able for any of
the professional experience as required above.
Certain types of training and/or other experience may be substituted for specialized experience in patent
work. At GS-11 and above, such substitutions may be made, however, only if the substituted training or
experience involved was in the same area of science or technology as the position for which application
is made.
- Work experience: Applicants meeting the basic requirements may substitute either of
the following types of experience for specialized experience:
- One year of employment as a patent searcher for registered patent attorneys or
agents may be substituted for the 1 year of specialized experience required for
GS-7; or
- Professional experience in a field of engineering, chemistry, physics, or
biological science (or in an applied physical science closely related to the
appropriate field of engineering and that required a knowledge of engineering,
scientific, or technical principles and techniques, and their application) may be
substituted for specialized experience up to GS-9.
- Legal training: Applicants who, in addition to meeting the basic requirements for GS-5,
also possess a law degree from a recognized school of law, or membership in the bar of any
State, territory, or the District of Columbia, should be evaluated in accordance with the
provisions in the table of education and experience requirements for GS-7 and above in the
"Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific
Positions."
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