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Date: September 2nd, 2010 4:59 PM Author: Gold spot black woman Assume Bio B.A. and Chem B.S.
Q: is PHD required? is M.S. useful?
is IP WORTH IT ITE |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 5:30 PM Author: Internet-worthy trailer park Depends on who you are. Are you a lawyer or 2L looking for a job? Then sure, take the patent bar and see if someone will take you. Are you a pre-law considering law school? Then no, don't go to law school in hopes of IP.
Summary: no, you won't be guaranteed a job in IP with this. You would be much stronger for lit and BA/BS isn't enough for pros in Chem or Bio. Don't know if MS is enough, maybe someone else can comment. From ads I saw they seem to really want PhDs but I'm not a chem/bio guy, I'm a CS guy so I can only go by what I've seen in passing. |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 5:31 PM Author: Vivacious dopamine church "is PHD required?"
No, but a near-requirement for prosecution.
"is IP WORTH IT ITE"
Worth what? |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 6:08 PM Author: apoplectic casino multi-billionaire IP isn't hiring much right now at any experience level. Best shot might be if you had three years of law firm experience but even that is a crapshoot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412655&forum_id=2#15949716) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 6:31 PM Author: diverse drab hospital Not enough for patent prosecution, which sucks by itself.
Might be enough for patent lit, which is super competitive right now, everyone with or without a sci. back is currently claiming that s/he is motivated to do IP. |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 6:43 PM Author: apoplectic casino multi-billionaire Agree on super competitive for patent lit. Top 10 law school and great grades probably would be required and he/she would be competing with the non-science people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412655&forum_id=2#15949981) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 7:35 PM Author: Gold spot black woman why is ip competitive? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412655&forum_id=2#15950539) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 7:39 PM Author: apoplectic casino multi-billionaire same as the rest of law. too many lawyers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412655&forum_id=2#15950570) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 7:51 PM Author: Internet-worthy trailer park Yep. Lawyers are a cost companies desperately want to minimize and in bad times the combination of these two things fuck lawyers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412655&forum_id=2#15950673) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 6:42 PM Author: Judgmental Sooty Point if its all that sets you apart, its worth it
but its saturated as fuck, and yes, these days Ph.D. is required for bio and chem.
masters in those subjects aren't offered at most schools unless you start a Ph.D. and quit. |
Date: September 2nd, 2010 10:30 PM Author: carmine bawdyhouse really tough guy At my school's OCI, IP folks with science backgrounds fared a lot better on average. Especially the EE/CS kids.
I agree that patent prosecution in chemistry/biology is out of the question without a PhD. But you'd probably have a decent boost for patent litigation, provided you do research and can convince interviewers that you actually know something about it. |