noun
patent agency; patent attorney business
Refers to the business or profession of a patent attorney (弁理士), handling patent applications and related intellectual property matters.
彼は特許代理業を営んでいる。
He runs a patent agency.
特許代理業の資格を取るには弁理士試験に合格する必要がある。
To qualify for patent agency work, one must pass the patent attorney examination.
弁理士 is the individual patent attorney, while 特許代理業 refers to the business or profession itself.
Compound of 特許 (patent) + 代理 (representation) + 業 (business).