Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

patent engineertointellectual property consultant

A patent engineer already meets 46% of what the intellectual property consultant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From patent engineer
46%
Overlap1
To intellectual property consultant
14 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
50.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

50.7/ 100

1 Share of the intellectual property consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the patent engineer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A intellectual property consultant role treats 6 of its required skills as things a patent engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on patents
  • ensure law application
  • intellectual property law
  • legal terminology
  • market research
  • provide legal advice

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A intellectual property consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a patent engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create patent draft communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide advice on trademarks communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held trademarks business, administration and law
  • already held apply for patents information skills
  • already held advise on patents communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held patents business, administration and law

All 14 carried skills, including the 6 the intellectual property consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manage intellectual property rights required
  • required, not held protect client interests required
  • required, not held use consulting techniques required
  • optional, not held advise on licencing procedures optional
  • optional, not held develop licensing agreements optional
  • optional, not held interpret law optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held contract law required
  • optional, not held commercial law optional
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
03 education 1 required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held security engineering required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held monitor legislation developments required
06 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held technical terminology optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a intellectual property consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on patents skill
  • already held ensure law application skill
  • already held intellectual property law knowledge
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held market research knowledge
  • already held provide legal advice skill
  • already held apply for patents skill
  • already held create patent draft skill
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held patents knowledge
  • already held present arguments persuasively skill
  • already held present legal arguments skill
  • already held provide advice on trademarks skill
  • already held trademarks knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held commercial law optional
  • optional, not held advise on licencing procedures optional
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held develop licensing agreements optional
  • optional, not held interpret law optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
  • optional, not held technical terminology optional
20 held skills the intellectual property consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse financial risk skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate engineering teams skill
  • not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
  • not needed by the target role represent the company skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific literature knowledge
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
  • required, not held security engineering required
  • optional, not held commercial law optional
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held technical terminology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from patent engineer

Full index of moves from patent engineer

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.