What is the difference between an intellectual property engineer and a patent agent?

165438+1On October 24th, the State Council issued the Decision of the State Council on Cancelling and Adjusting a Batch of Administrative Examination and Approval Items (hereinafter referred to as the Decision). The contents of this adjustment involving the approval or implementation of China National Intellectual Property Administration include:

(1) the State Council decided to cancel the professional qualification license and recognition: intellectual property management engineer;

(2) the State Council decided to cancel the appraisal and commendation items: outstanding young people, outstanding patent agencies and outstanding patent agents in the national intellectual property system;

(3) the State Council decided to adjust or clarify the pre-approval of industrial and commercial registration as post-approval: the establishment of a patent agency for approval.

The differences between patent agents and intellectual property engineers are as follows:

1. Essentially different.

Patent agent is a kind of professional qualification, which refers to the person who has obtained the patent agent qualification certificate, holds the patent agent practice certificate and is engaged in patent agency work full-time. (PS only has a background in science and engineering, and only by taking and passing the patent agent examination can you be qualified to become a patent agent. ) Patent agents generally work in professional agencies and law firms.

Intellectual property engineer is a professional title, which refers to a comprehensive talent who can engage in intellectual property management affairs in intellectual property management institutions, large enterprises, scientific research institutes and other units.

2. Different scope of work

As we all know, intellectual property is divided into three parts: copyright, patent right and trademark right.

Intellectual property engineers should have a certain understanding of these three aspects, while patent agents are mainly engaged in the content of "patent rights" and only have a general understanding of "copyright" and "trademark rights", and they will not and cannot have a deep understanding in their work. PS: Unless you are interested, you should study "copyright" and "trademark right".

3. Different job contents

Generally speaking, an intellectual property engineer is a position in a company, similar to a network engineer. His job is to protect the intellectual property rights of the company.

Patent agents generally work in patent agencies. The main job is to accept the entrustment of the client and help the client apply for a patent.

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