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stillstudying
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Is becoming an agent worthwhile nowadays?
« on: Mar 20th, 2007, 5:32pm » |
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After browsing the job ads on the main page, it looks like all of the employers are looking for patent attorneys with 2+ years of experience.
Is there a market for mere patent agents, with little or no experience, any more? My background is CS (master's degree, over ten years of experience).
Thanks much.
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biopico
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Re: Is becoming an agent worthwhile nowadays?
« Reply #1 on: Mar 20th, 2007, 5:49pm » |
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If you keep plugging, I think you will find a position. You can also do some voluntary patent prosecution for few months until you land a position.
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Wiscagent
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Re: Is becoming an agent worthwhile nowadays?
« Reply #2 on: Mar 20th, 2007, 6:10pm » |
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“Is there a market for mere patent agents, with little or no experience, any more?”
There certainly are patent agent jobs. If you are persistent, willing to relocate, and willing to accept a job that is not quite what you’re hoping for, you should be able to find a patent agent job.
Regarding the suggestion to “do some voluntary patent prosecution for few months,” that is not an approach I would consider.
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Re: Is becoming an agent worthwhile nowadays?
« Reply #3 on: Mar 20th, 2007, 6:31pm » |
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on Mar 20th, 2007, 6:10pm, Wiscagent wrote:| and willing to accept a job that is not quite what you’re hoping for |
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Could you clarify this a bit? It's one thing to be doing office actions for months at a time ;D , quite another to be pushing the coffee cart around the office (or worse). >:(
Thanks!
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Re: Is becoming an agent worthwhile nowadays?
« Reply #4 on: Mar 21st, 2007, 7:16am » |
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Examples of patent-related jobs, other than drafting and prosecuting applications, for which a patent agent is likely to be qualified include:
- prior art searches
This includes corporate work (can be an R&D focus or legal focus); support in a law firm, or a full-time position in a law firm or search firm.
- reviewing and classifying patents
Can be corporate in-house or for an IP firm, includes identifying trends and opportunities, mapping patent estates.
- supporting oppositions or litigations
Corporate or law firm work: can focus on working with inventors, notebooks; or more on the legal end.
- reviewing invention disclosures
Typically corporate work, functioning as an interface between R&D and legal. Patent facilitator or patent liaison.
- other IP, but not necessarily patent work
Providing general support in a law firm; sort of para-legal work.
- Pushing a coffee cart around the office
Danish, bagels, muffins
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