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    Re: Best Route to Become a Biotech Patent Attorney?

    Posted by Patent Prosecutor on 6/09/04

    If you are capable, get a PhD first. You need it to build a solid career.
    Follow the recommendations that you read. You can become a
    patent agent without going to a law school. Some law firms and
    corporations pay their PhD patent agents to go to law school.

    On 6/04/04, Dirk wrote:
    > Hi all, I am going to be a senior next year, majoring in
    > Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State
    > University, and I have a keen interest in going on to
    > become a biotech patent attorney. I've read many many
    > statements and articles recomending pHD's for biotech
    > patent attorneys, so the way I see it I have the option of
    > going to get a pHD, then go to law school, or try to get
    > into a joint degree JD/pHD program. Could someone please
    > comment on the effectiveness and utility of these joint
    > degree programs? Another idea I have been playing with, has
    > been to go into industry immediately after receiving a
    > bachelor's degree, using them to attain a Master's, then
    > transfer to the law department and use them to attain a JD
    > and some work experience. Could someone please comment on
    > the attractiveness of a patent attorney with a Masters and
    > several years industry experience? Thanks a great deal for
    > your advice.

    Posts on this thread, including this one
  • Best Route to Become a Biotech Patent Attorney?, 6/04/04, by Dirk.
  • Re: Best Route to Become a Biotech Patent Attorney?, 6/04/04, by Turtle.
  • Re: Best Route to Become a Biotech Patent Attorney?, 6/06/04, by Matt.
  • Re: Best Route to Become a Biotech Patent Attorney?, 6/09/04, by Patent Prosecutor.
  • Re: Best Route to Become a Biotech Patent Attorney?, 6/10/04, by Dirk.
  • Re: Best Route to Become a Biotech Patent Attorney?, 6/22/04, by Kibitzer.


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