Mealey's (February 26, 2018, 12:43 PM EST) -- AUSTIN, Texas — Concluding that a patent agent’s services in the context of patent proceedings are comparable to those provided by a patent attorney, the Texas Supreme Court on Feb. 23 held that a client’s communications with his registered patent are exempt from discovery under the state’s lawyer-client privilege (In re Andrew Silver, No. 16-0682, Texas Sup., 2018 Tex. LEXIS 171)....