Anyone have some clever career options for a Patent Attorney with e.e./m.e degrees who is sick of being a lawyer?

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Take an in house attorney position that does not involve prosecution (licensing executive, product counsel, etc.) and try to transfer into a business role once you get comfortable.

University technology transfer office is another route that is arms length to being a patent attorney.

Work for the Patent Office! Not as an Examiner, obviously. But they have tons of positions that are focused on policy, or operations.

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