This distinguishes her from transwomen, shorthand for  transsexual women--women who were initially assigned a male gender, but have a female identity. If you identify as a woman but are not a transsexual woman, you're a ciswoman. Cissexual and transsexual identity are grounded in gender roles.
Patent Attorney Law & Legal Definition. A patent attorney refers to a lawyer who is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
1 1. 2  What does a patent attorney do? 3  The primary role of most patent attorneys is to help you secure patent protection for your invention by preparing and filing a patent application. When drafting a patent specification, the patent attorney always remembers that, one day, if the patent is the subject of litigation, every word and every feature of the specification will be examined in depth by the courts and by other patent attorneys trying to attack the validity or scope of the claimed invention.