Re: An IP gripe

On 08/24/1999, Jerald Gnuschke <jerald.gnuschke[_at_]nokia.com> wrote:
>
> On 23 Aug 1999, Carol Cricow <<carol[_at_]yujean.com> wrote:
> >
> > There were two patent lawyers at the career day that was one of the
> > impetuses (impeti?) for my initial post and they said that a technical
> > or science degree is REQUIRED to take the patent exam. Is that true?
>
> A technical DEGREE is not required but a technical background is. You
> might be able to satisfy the PTO's education requirements by proving
> you've passed a sufficient number of technical courses or by proving
> that you've been working in a technical field and have acquired
> equivalent technical knowledge.
>

I should note that while a technical background is required to take the patent exam, you need to take the patent exam only if you want to prosecute patents. You do *not* need a technical background to do patent litigation or licensing.

Mark Lemley
<mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> Received on Wed Aug 25 1999 - 14:44:13 GMT