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Im assuming you want to go to law school to be a patent attorney. Here in silicon valley patent attorneys are generally in demand but an me degree is not nearly as desirable as ee or cs.

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You do not need to obtain a law degree to work as a patent agent.

Civil engineering patent law. The truth is that software engineering on a contract basis is more lucrative and less miserable than working in law. I once made the mistake of interviewing for a patent associate position for an austin law firm. With our patent pending case brief tools and a one of a kind career app with oci pointers exclusive job postings and opportunities to connect with top law firms learnleo students arent just surviving law school. Civil engineers should keep the generally open. Civil engineering certainly qualifies for the patent bar exam so the question will be whether a firm thinks you have enough understanding of the sort of engineering problems their clients are working on and therefore patenting. However going to law school and passing the bar exam leads to an even more lucrative career as a patent attorney. In practice engineers that pursue patent law are probably more likely to have electrical or mechanical degrees but a civil degree is acceptable. Patent attorneys and agents write and prosecute applications for patents at universities corporations law firms or practices of their own. And most likely the only new credential youll need to acquire in your move from engineering to becoming a patent agent is a passing score on the patent bar exam. This probably explains germanys high number of civil engineering patent filings relative to its population. Designed by graduates of top law schools learnleo is a free cloud based platform dedicated to showing students how to excel in law school. When looking at the total number of civil and structural engineering patent applications filed worldwide though that percentage falls to below half of american filings. It will really depend on what sort of engineering work youve been doing since graduating. Accordingly the intersection of civil engineering and patent law remains volumetrically well below its potential. Once a qualified engineer takes and passes the patent bar exam he or she will become a registered patent agent even without attending law school.

As a result i worked as a contract software engineer for decades averaging some 38 weeks of unpaid vacation per year. The world tends to view engineering as a german national strength. You will see that most engineering degrees including civil engineering degrees are considered qualifying under category a. You said any info helps so ill give you my perspective. Accepting the premise that patents promote innovation a basic tenet of the patent system increased patenting activity could further stimulate technical advances in civil engineering.