Category Patent Bar
Differences Between MPEP 08.2017 and MPEP 10.2019
You’ve likely already seen that the patent bar exam underwent an update after October 13, 2021 and you may be wondering what the differences are now that the exam is updated. The main change is that the tested version of…
Patent Bar Updates on Source Materials Starting October 13th, 2021
The USPTO is changing the source materials the patent bar exam is covering starting October 13, 2021. Our course includes the newest updates. The patent bar exam will start covering the MPEP, Ninth Edition, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised June 2020.…
How Rote Memorization Helps with the Patent Bar Exam
The patent bar exam is a challenging obstacle for anyone aspiring to be a patent attorney. According to the General Requirements Bulletin of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED), the exam tests applicants’ knowledge of patent laws, rules, and…
Essential Note-Taking Methods
Most students don’t have trouble revising what they learned in class simply because their note-taking methods were less than satisfactory. Making notes is an essential skill that one must possess to summarize what they learned in an organized and systematic…
Transitioning From Engineering to a Career as a Patent Agent
Are you an engineer contemplating a career change? If so, you may want to consider a career in patent law, specifically, becoming a patent agent or even a patent attorney. Patent agents and patent attorneys help clients navigate the patent…
How Hard Is Law School?
How hard is law school, really? This is the question many prospective students ask themselves before ever studying for the LSAT or ever visiting a law school campus. For some, the answer to this question may determine whether attending a…
Top Benefits of Taking Patent Bar Prep Through an Online Course
Becoming a lawyer is a goal that is difficult to achieve. Besides the endless hours of study in college and law school, there’s the dreaded bar exam that sends most would-be lawyers into a state of fear and loathing. If…
Salary Ranges for Patent Agents and Patent Attorneys
Everyone wants to know how much they’ll be making as a patent agent or attorney, but unfortunately, it’s a difficult question to answer. That’s because your salary will vary due to a number of outside factors. We’ve put together a…
How Hard is the Patent Bar?
Despite being an open book exam, the patent bar exam is one of the toughest in the country, with less than 50% passing since 2013. Many students put in additional hours post-course of study but still feel like they’re ill-prepared and…
5 Study Tips for Visual Learners
As the name implies, a visual learner refers to those individuals who learn best when the information presented to them is in a visual form. They connect better to visual aids because seeing them provides a holistic view of the…
Getting Motivated: The Best Way to Study for the Patent Bar Exam
The patent bar exam is the biggest step in your journey to becoming a patent attorney or patent agent. In many cases, it will also be the last step you need to take to begin your career. Before taking the…
MPEP Search Strategy for the Patent Bar Exam
You probably already realize you may use the MPEP during the Patent Bar exam. For many, that gives off the impression that the test is an open book exam you don’t really need to study for. But an attitude like…
How to Study for the Patent Bar Exam
The Patent Bar is a difficult test to prepare for no matter how you’re going about it. Whether you’re studying the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) on your own, reviewing a home study course, or taking a live class, the…
Patent Bar Exam Study Planners
Pass the Patent Bar on Your Terms The PES-System was created to help you pass the Patent Bar Exam in a much shorter amount of time and with less frustration than if you attempt it on your own. Save your time…
13 Simple Memorization Tips That’ll Help You Pass the Patent Bar Exam
Let’s face it: there’s a lot of material you’re going to have to memorize in order to pass the Patent Bar exam. Even if you cut out the extraneous material and focus on what’s most likely to be tested, you’ll…
Hunter A. Horton, Intellectual Property Attorney at Erise IP
Hunter is an Intellectual Property attorney. He clerked for two and a half years at Erise IP, P.A. during law school prior to starting full-time and is approaching the end of his third full year full-time. In total, Hunter has…
Adam L.K. Philipp, Founding Member of Aeon Law
Adam is a Founding Member of Aeon Law, an Intellectual Property law firm. Adam has worked in the IP law profession for the last 25 years. The following is his Q & A interview. Why did you think this would be…
Clifford Thomas Brazen, Patent Attorney at Erise IP
Clifford is a Patent Attorney who has been working in the IP profession since September 2014. From September 2014 until May 2016 Clifford was working on the patent prosecution side of patent law. In May 2016, Clifford moved to his…
Ted D. Karr, IP Attorney & Partner at Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP
Ted is an IP attorney and partner at Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP, headquartered in Portland, Oregon. He has worked in the field of intellectual property law since 2001. The following is his Q & A interview. How did…
Covid-19 and the Patent Bar
Covid-19 has caused enormous stress and trauma to our society and unfortunately, the strain doesn’t seem like it will end in 2020. I very much hoping that things will start to look up in 2021, but depending on when in…
Patent Bar Updates on Source Materials Starting October 13, 2020
The USPTO changed the source materials of the Patent Bar exam starting October 13th, 2020. Our course includes the newest updates. Fortunately, the Patent Bar exam is still tested over the same version of the MPEP which is the…
Destigmatizing Failing a Big Exam – Don’t Let Failure Cloud Your Judgment
In the United States alone, anxiety is considered the single most common mental illness. Yet while only 18 percent of the adult population suffers from anxiety, it’s estimated that a staggering 60 percent of college students deal with debilitating fear…
Learn Anything Faster
Preparing for exams can be tiring, stressful and frustrating, especially when it is a career-defining exam such as the patent bar exam. In such cases, it helps to have some study tips on how to learn things quicker and more…
Giving Up on the Patent Bar: Don’t Do It
If you’ve failed the patent bar exam or have been unsuccessful in completing your preparation for it more times than you can count, you might consider giving up altogether. All of us have faced failure in our lives multiple times.…
Improving Sleep to Help You Prepare For the Patent Bar Exam
Patent law is a branch of intellectual property rights law where new inventions, ideas, designs, devices and contraptions are registered. Getting something patented gives the inventors and creators exclusive rights to their property in terms of selling, purchasing, copyrights, distribution…
5 Easy Tips to Help Maximize Your Learning
Learning new things is both exciting as well as daunting. You may be learning things all the time, from learning how to solve a calculus equation or learning about historical events. However, most people find themselves lost when learning something…
Memory Techniques to Help You Conquer the Patent Bar Exam
Preparing for the patent bar exam can be demanding, time consuming, as well as mentally and physically exhausting. It can get especially frustrating if you find you cannot memorize the content and exam material. Fortunately, there are certain memory tips…
How to Avoid Procrastination on the Patent Bar Exam
Preparing for the patent law bar exam can be demanding, time-consuming, challenging and exhausting. Since this exam can be extremely difficult, people tend to avoid studying for it by procrastinating. Although it might not sound like a very serious problem…
Productivity Hacks to Help You Ace the Patent Bar Exam Quickly
Preparing for the patent bar exam can be laborious, taxing, and exhausting. Most of the candidates aiming to sit for this exam fall prey to procrastination and end up not doing very well on their exam. This article features some…