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Market evidence report — intellectual-property-consultant
Source: 52 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 52), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-14. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 44 | 85 % |
| n/a | 4 | 8 % |
| junior | 3 | 6 % |
| senior | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USPTO | 3 | 6 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | patent prosecution | 50 | 96 % |
| 2 | patent preparation | 12 | 23 % |
| 3 | patent application drafting | 11 | 21 % |
| 4 | patent drafting | 10 | 19 % |
| 5 | freedom-to-operate analysis | 7 | 13 % |
| 6 | patent application preparation | 7 | 13 % |
| 7 | analytical skills | 5 | 10 % |
| 8 | due diligence | 5 | 10 % |
| 9 | client counseling | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | intellectual property law | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | office action response | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | patentability analysis | 4 | 8 % |
| 13 | prior art searching | 4 | 8 % |
| 14 | technical analysis | 4 | 8 % |
| 15 | technical writing | 4 | 8 % |
| 16 | ip due diligence | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | patent strategy | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | portfolio management | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | technical research | 3 | 6 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | patent prosecution | 15 | 29 % |
| 2 | patent application drafting | 11 | 21 % |
| 3 | drafting patent applications | 9 | 17 % |
| 4 | patent application preparation | 6 | 12 % |
| 5 | prosecuting patent applications | 5 | 10 % |
| 6 | client collaboration | 4 | 8 % |
| 7 | client communication | 4 | 8 % |
| 8 | office action response | 4 | 8 % |
| 9 | client counseling | 3 | 6 % |
| 10 | responding to office actions | 3 | 6 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 52 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
52 ads.
Top hard skills:
- patent prosecution — 96 % (50 ads)
- patent preparation — 23 % (12 ads)
- patent application drafting — 21 % (11 ads)
- patent drafting — 19 % (10 ads)
- freedom-to-operate analysis — 13 % (7 ads)
- patent application preparation — 13 % (7 ads)
- analytical skills — 10 % (5 ads)
- due diligence — 10 % (5 ads)
- client counseling — 8 % (4 ads)
- intellectual property law — 8 % (4 ads)
Top tools:
- USPTO — 6 % (3 ads)
Seniority: mid 85 % · n/a 8 % · junior 6 % · senior 2 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Patent Agent | 2 |
| #90658 IP Associate (patent) - multiple locations | 1 |
| (Electrical) Patent Prosecution & Litigation Patent Agent/Technical Advisor - D.C. | 1 |
| Biomedical/Chemical/Mechanical Patent Agent-Hylton-Rodic Law Washington DC | 1 |
| BIOTECH & LIFE SCIENCE PATENT PROSECUTION AGENT OR SCIENTIST | 1 |
| Contract Technical Advisor / Patent Agent (Chemistry) | 1 |
| DWTSurge Patent Agent (Remote) | 1 |
| Electrical and/or Computer Engineering Patent Agent | 1 |
| Electrical Patent Attorney/Agent - Associate/Agent | 1 |
| Intellectual Property Associate - Life Science | 1 |
| Intellectual Property Associate – Patent Prosecution | 1 |
| Intellectual Property Patent Agent (AI, Software, or Electrical) | 1 |
| Intellectual Property Patent Agent (AI, Software, or Electrical) #21785 DC | 1 |
| IP Associate: Biotech Patents (Vaccines, CAR-T, Antibodies) | 1 |
| IP Legal Interns, IP Practice Specialists and Patent Agents | 1 |
| Junior Patent Associate/Patent Agent/Technical Advisor | 1 |
| Life Science Patent Agent | 1 |
| Life Sciences Patent Attorney / Patent Agent (DC / GA / NC) | 1 |
| Life Sciences Patent Prosecution Patent Agent | 1 |
| Patent Agent - 1772004 | 1 |
| Patent Agent - Chemical | 1 |
| Patent Agent - Chemistry | 1 |
| Patent Agent - Life Sciences Washington, DC | 1 |
| Patent Agent - Technology | 1 |
| Patent Agent (Computer Science/Electrical Engineering) | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.