However, in the patent agency industry, the core competitiveness and the most valuable ability in the future are not foreign languages, but the deep understanding of patents that is gradually gained f

However, in the patent agency industry, the core competitiveness and the most valuable ability in the future are not foreign languages, but the deep understanding of patents that is gradually gained from the complete process of one case after another. This is because in the early stages of career, foreign-related business is often more profitable, but it is less likely to learn core business capabilities. So, it’s up to you how to choose. As for mechanical or electrical, what you have to consider is not which position you can apply for, but which field you are more competitive in and more likely to get into a top agency. For domain issues, it would definitely be better to be able to handle both electrical and structural cases at the same time. Moreover, electrical cases may be more difficult involving cases in fields such as AI, databases, storage, semiconductors, audio and video processing, and image processing. If they are dealing with some software interactions and other cases where the solution can be clarified through basic logic, There is no big problem in handling it, and I guess you have studied microcontrollers, embedded and other subjects, so it should not be difficult to handle cases in the IOT field or cases involving structural integration of sensors.

So, majors are all in vain. I have seen many A-level agents in the electrical field of Huawei or Tencent who studied mechanics. This is not a problem. However, you need to be clear when choosing a topic. If it is mechanical, you can only write about mechanical. Finally, there is the matter of prospects. Agency itself is a special service industry. The special thing is that there is no standard to measure the quality of your service. Although Party A has written specifications, the people who review the case may not have the specifications in mind. Therefore, for you, the pressure may be From Party A and deadlines, these two will directly cause you to work overtime and lose sleep. Therefore, we need to take a longer-term view. I have told others before that for the future, law, finance and management, it is best to master at least one of these three after you have worked for five or six years.

Product development takes a long time. For example, DJI products have a 3-5 year R&D cycle. Although we are not that high-end, we still have a maturity period of at least 2 years. It’s not as good as the high-frequency completion experience of patents. I don’t know much about the patent industry. Judging from the current manufacturing environment, patents are generally for the purpose of filing. I think there are very few people who actually use this as a barrier. The demand for civilian products changes so fast. Every three years, the products are changed, and the manufacturing equipment has to be changed. Before the patents are issued, this trend may have passed. From a personal interest point of view, product development is more interesting than this.