Re: Engineers -- Patent Bar Exam Discussion

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Date Posted: 22:37:36 02/02/03 Sun
Author: Greg
Subject: Re: Engineers
In reply to: brett 's message, "Re: Engineers" on 21:40:09 11/25/02 Mon

I am a student at Carnegie Mellon University majoring in Business Administration. I have a minor in Mechanical Engineering (plus about 5 extra ME classes) and a minor in BioMedical Engineering. Would this meet the requirments for the patent bar??

>>This may seem like a ridiculous question but do you
>>need to be an attorney to take the Patent Bar Exam?
>>I'm an engineer and an attorney told me I could take
>>the exam with an engineering degree and not a law
>>degree. If I could take the exam and I passed what
>>benefit would this provide me?
>
>You have to have a qualifying technical degree in
>order to take the Patent Bar Exam. An accredited
>Engineering degree meets USPTO technical requirements.
>Most attorneys
>do not have Engineering degrees and are not allowed to
>take the exam.
>
>Once you meet all requirements and pass the exam, you
>would be a registered patent agent with the ability to
>practice patent law in front of the USPTO. Practice in
>front of the PTO involves the preparation and
>prosecution of patent applications. This can move your
>career into the area of Intellectual Property.
>
>If you go on and get a law degree, you can then
>qualify for having the title of patent attorney. Even
>if you do not go towards getting a law degree, your
>experience and Engineering insight can be highly
>valuable to practicing attorneys. There are about 6K
>agents and 21K patent attorneys registered to practice
>patent law.
>
>You define the benefit to you based on your own
>aspirations.
>The challenges of solving problems apply to both
>Engineering and the area of Intellectual Property law.

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