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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