If you’re preparing for the Patent Bar exam or considering making the switch to a career in patent law, you’ll need to start networking and conducting a job search. In this day and age there are a number of useful…
MPEP Chapter Hotspot Quiz Difficulty Level: Easy What it Covers: MPEP Classification Type of Quiz: Hotspot Click here to take Quiz! In this quiz you will be shown a block diagram illustrating the different MPEP chapters. You’ll be asked questions…
MPEP Chapter Number to Chapter Topic Matching Quiz Difficulty Level: Easy What it Covers: MPEP Classification Type of Quiz: Matching Click here to take the Quiz! In this quiz you will be asked to match the MPEP chapter number (on…
MPEP Chapter Sequence Questions Difficulty Level: Easy What it Covers: MPEP Classification Type of Quiz: Sequence Click here to take the Quiz! This quiz requires you to put the MPEP chapter names in order. The chapter numbers are excluded so…
MPEP Chapter Number to Chapter Name Matching Quiz Difficulty Level: Easy What it Covers: MPEP Classification Type of Quiz: Matching Click here to take the Quiz! When taking this matching quiz you will be asked to match the MPEP chapter…
Sonia Lakhany Trademark lawyer and Managing Attorney at Lakhany Law, PC in Atlanta, Georgia, which is her boutique IP practice focusing on trademark and copyright. Instructor for the Trademark Institute of Training. Five years in the IP law profession.
Gregory S. Rosenblatt Partner at Wiggin and Dana 28 Years in the IP Law profession. How did you get into a career in IP law? I have a degree in Materials Science and Engineering, a degree in science or technology…
Mark Costello VP, General Patent Counsel, Chief Strategy Counsel at Xerox Corporation 33 years in the IP law profession. How did you get into a career in IP law? During engineering school at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, I…
We have spent the last year continuously improving on our Patent Bar review course and this past month was no exception. Three new major features were added to the course. You can see the new features in action in the…
This year we focused on making your experience better, with new features and improvements that will make preparing for the Patent Bar exam a smoother experience. We wanted to recap some of the exciting changes that were released this year…
Our Patent Bar course now includes summaries for each and every section of the MPEP to help you get through the material faster and focus. Here’s a screenshot of a couple of summaries taken right from the course: All-in-all we’ve written well…
If you visit the USPTO.gov website then you realize the Patent Bar exam has started testing over the MPEP 9th Edition as of October 4th, 2014. Every test after that date will cover this new version of the MPEP. What…
The PTO made an announcement on their website in early July that they will start testing over the 9th Edition of the MPEP beginning October 4th, 2014. And beginning October 4th, 2014 the Patent Bar will also cover a few…
The MPEP 9th Edition was released and published on the USPTO website in March 2014. However, the Patent Bar does not always reflect the latest version of the MPEP. It often lags behind (sometimes it lags behind as much as a…
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March was a busy month for us at Patent Education Series. Here’s a rundown of what we accomplished: 1. The entire online Patent Bar program now runs on Mac’s, iPad’s, iPhones, tablets, and most Smart phones. That’s right. All the…
The world of patent law is all abuzz over the America Invents Act. If you need to brush up on what the AIA is about (whether you’re preparing for the Patent Bar exam or you’re a patent practitioner, an inventor,…
When did you become a patent agent/attorney? I’ve been a patent attorney since 1994. Two years corporate, the rest in private practice. I love it. It’s a really great career. I don’t really sweat the economic ups and downs. I…
When did you become a patent agent/attorney? I became a patent attorney back in 1990. Why did you think this would be a good career transition for you? I knew that patent attorneys generally used a combination of their scientific…
How Did You Enter the Field of Patent Law? I have been a patent attorney since 1990. I got into the field in quite an unusual fashion. When I graduated from high school, I enrolled in a six year BS/MD…
