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Expert: - 4/15/2002


Question
How does one study for the Patent Bar exam?  (Books, courses, web resources?)

Is there a Patent Agents' organization from which I can get information on demographics, private practice versus corporate comparison, compensation statistics and such?

Answer
Part One:  The way to pass the exam is to memorize the M.P.E.P.  All the questions come off it. Also, you can buy past exams. Once you sign up for it, I suspect you will get junk mail on seminars. The seminars are helpful, but outrageously expensive. You can buy the MPEP from the government printing office, or download it from the USPTO site.

Part Two:  No.

Additional info:  The big demand for patent agents is usually in the electrical, electronic, life science, computer science areas. Especially with advanced degrees.

If you are mechanical, there are virtually no opportunities for corporate or private practise employment, without considerable experience.

You might consider applying for work at the USPTO to get the experience while studying law at night.

I am mechanical, I developed my own practise. Love the work.

Hope that helps.

Best wishes, George H. Morgan, P.E. Patent Agent
visit my site at http://www.evansville.net/biz/patagent

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George H. Morgan, P.E., Patent Agent

Expertise

U.S. Patent Law only, no copyright or trademark qualification. I was a volunteer in the past, but my homeland defense activities pulled me away at times, and I was dropped. If you want me back, I am willing to come back.

Experience

Thirty one years as a Registered U.S. Patent Agent and a lifetime in product and manufacturing process and methods development as well as sales and marketing of new products with a number of blue chip corporations.

Organizations
Rotary, Society of Automotive Engineers, American Army Aviation Association, Registered Professional Engineer, St. Vincent De Paul Society, Indiana Guard Reserve Officer

Publications
Various Society of Manufacturing Engineers & Society of Automotive Engineers technical publications. Ref. my web site: http://www.evansville.net/biz/patagent

Education/Credentials
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Machine Design Option), L.S.U., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics Option), University of Missouri at Rolla, Missouri, Helicopter Maintenance Course, 18 weeks, Ft. Sill Army Aviation School, Troop Information and Education Leadership Course, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Numerous Society of Automotive Engineers Seminars, Dale Carnegie Management Training Instructors Course.

Awards and Honors
Bausch & Lomb Science Award, Indiana Homeland Defense Service Ribbon, 2003.

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