The difference between the two:
XX Intellectual Property Agency Co., Ltd. only undertakes limited liability in the process of agency affairs and later legal disputes.
XX patent agency (general partnership) shall bear unlimited joint and several liability in legal disputes during and after trading agent.
Therefore, the general XX patent agency (general partnership) is more cautious when doing its work.
Patent offices are institutions that mainly handle patent registration, patent application, patent litigation, patent reexamination, patent invalidation and other patent agency businesses.
Intellectual property agents are mainly domestic and foreign patent and trademark agents, including copyright registration agents, integrated circuit layout design registration agents and other intellectual property agents.
In short, the scope of intellectual property agency services includes the services of the patent office, which is relatively wide.