Automation graduate students want to change careers after two years of work. I wonder if it is feasible to be a patent engineer? Where should I start preparing?

I also did automation for 2 or 3 years, and later switched to patent. I have applied for a patent for 2 or 3 years, and my salary is not high. Probably not as good as I've been automating.

I think: being a patent engineer in an enterprise may be similar to being a technical engineer. As far as treatment is concerned, there is no need to change jobs. However, the nature of patent engineers' work is different from that of technical engineers. Patents pay more attention to writing, including writing, searching and drawing patent maps, to see if you like this kind of work. Another consideration is that the salary of novices will not be very high at first.

If you go to the patent office for development, unless you have your own case source, you will be regarded as a technician and patent engineer, and the work pressure will be much greater.