u/Ak035000

for context I’m an EE patent examiner and just curious on patent litigation.

for prosecution you can’t practice unless you have the technical background and knowledge.

but for litigation it’s not necessarily required. but I was wondering how much does it help by having technical breadth to breakdown the patents that are being litigated over. How much technical material do litigation teams have to sort through when their on a case?

For context I’m a relatively new examiner in their first year still.

I was wondering for those examiners who’ve passed the patent bar, did you still need to buy PLI or any other resource? Is it realistic for me to study a few hours a week for a few months to pass the exam without PLI?

I assumed because I’ve gone through PTA that I have a solid fundamental understanding of the law that it would be feasible to pass without expensive resources.

also from what I understand, examiners can still take the exam but they have to give up their registration number correct?

Hi everyone,

Context:
I’m going to be graduating soon with masters in EE and received a FJO for Gs-7 electrical engineering starting June 1.

I’ve accepted it one because its my only offer and two I do have an interest in patent law and plan to leverage my USPTO experience to go to either law school after or be a patent agent at a firm.

And yes I’m aware of how bad it’s been to work there recently.

Question:

Is there anything I can study/learn before starting to make my time there as easy as possible for myself?