SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202421495
Intellectual property engineer
Intellectual property engineer supports the preparation of intellectual property (IP) applications, reviews technical specifications and documents to ensure compliance with IP strategies and polices, contracts drafting and negotiation. He/she also handles the administrative and operational requirements of the IP applications, performs budget review and assists in IP portfolio docket management, identifying potential infringements of the organisation’s IP.
Level
unit
Mapped ISCO
1
Source
SingStat
In this unit group: sibling units
Official data
| Official name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015 |
Definition & tasks
Intellectual property engineer supports the preparation of intellectual property (IP) applications, reviews technical specifications and documents to ensure compliance with IP strategies and polices, contracts drafting and negotiation. He/she also handles the administrative and operational requirements of the IP applications, performs budget review and assists in IP portfolio docket management, identifying potential infringements of the organisation’s IP.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Patent analyst • Patent researcher • Intellectual property executive
Elsewhere
• Intellectual property information analyst, see 21212 • Intellectual property agent, see 24251
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSSub-major
21 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALSMinor group
214 ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS ICorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 21495 — Intellectual property engineer
ISCO-08
- 2149 — Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified
Alphabetical index entries
Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.
Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.