1. Essentially different: a patent agent is a professional qualification, which refers to a person who has obtained a patent agent qualification certificate, holds a patent agent practice certificate and is engaged in patent agency work full-time, while an 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: Patent agents are mainly engaged in the contents of patent rights, and only need to have a general understanding of copyright and trademark rights, while intellectual property engineers should have a high understanding of these three aspects of intellectual property rights.