Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a patent engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a patent engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Patent engineers advise companies on different aspects of intellectual property law. They analyse inventions, and research their economic potential. They check if patent rights have already been given out for an invention and ensure that these rights have not been affected or violated.

Professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: intellectual property consultant, 46%

intellectual property consult… 46% covered prosecutor 21% covered transport engineer 20% covered legal consultant 20% covered agricultural engineer 19% covered patent engineer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from patent engineer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a patent engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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patent engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a patent engineer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.