"Intellectual Property Engineer" is a title for technical talents in the intellectual property profession; it also refers to the professional title (professional qualification) of technical personnel in the intellectual property profession.

In order to implement the intellectual property strategy, strengthen the team of intellectual property professional and technical personnel, and enhance the ability of independent innovation, many provinces in my country have listed the intellectual property major in the engineering series separately in the evaluation of professional and technical personnel titles. Set up two professional titles: Senior Intellectual Property Engineer and Intellectual Property Engineer.

“Patent agent” refers to a person who works in a patent office and is engaged in helping clients write patent specifications and submit patent application materials to the State Intellectual Property Office.

Intellectual property engineers can work as patent attorneys.

Patent agents do not necessarily have the technical title of intellectual property engineer.

Concept

Intellectual property engineers refer to comprehensive talents who can engage in intellectual property management work in intellectual property management institutions, large enterprises, scientific research institutes and other units.

Knowledge requirements

Be familiar with the knowledge and technology of patent law, trademark law, copyright law, trade secret law, and international intellectual property law, and use intellectual property expertise and technical methods to create intellectual property rights Management agencies, large enterprises, scientific research institutes and other units provide comprehensive intellectual property management services. Specific requirements:

1. Possess basic theories and basic knowledge of various disciplines in the intellectual property major, and be familiar with business management knowledge;

2. Understand the frontiers of intellectual property development and the trends in intellectual property development;

3. Familiar with my country's intellectual property legal system and related policy systems as well as general legal systems and policies;

4. Master the skills and methods of patent and trademark retrieval and data query, as well as the basic methods of general document retrieval and data query, and be able to solve the problems of document retrieval and query as soon as possible.

5. The ability to use intellectual property knowledge to solve and handle intellectual property litigation and management issues;

Work content

Mainly help enterprises formulate intellectual property strategic systems, including patent systems, trademarks, and patents. Copyright, trade secrets and other systems.

1. Formulate various intellectual property management regulations, coordinate intellectual property management work, divide the management scope and responsibilities of each position, guide, supervise, and inspect the intellectual property management work of other departments;

< p>2. Review applications from business departments, organize and establish intellectual property file management;

3. Responsible for external work such as intellectual property applications;

4. Responsible for handling intellectual property disputes , litigation and other external work;

5. Participate in the signing or review of various contracts and agreements involving the intellectual property content of this major, and establish intellectual property contract files;

6. Organize publicity and Learn knowledge about intellectual property and promote and assist R&D personnel to complete technology research and development work.

Generally speaking, patent attorneys can only handle patent matters and cannot handle other legal matters. Lawyers can only handle legal matters "other than patents", but not patent matters, because most lawyers do not have a technical background in science and engineering, cannot understand the technical information of patents, and have not been experienced in handling patent matters. Special training.

Patent agent business

(1) Provide consultation for patent application;

(2) Act as an agent in writing patent application documents, applying for patents and handling the approval process Various procedures and post-approval matters;

(3) Act as an agent for various matters in the reexamination of patent applications, revocation of patent rights or invalidation, or provide consultation for the above procedures;

(4) Handle matters related to patent technology transfer, or provide consultation;

(5) Other patent-related matters.