Hi, are there any women-owned patent firms in the SF Bay Area that focus on patent prosecution in computer technologies? Thanks!

I have a coworker who keeps spouting comparative odds and situations in regards to the safety of the vaccine. Such as: you're twice as likely to get hit by lightening than have blod clots from JJ. It's very annoying and I find it to be really inapprorpriate, maybe because it's pushy or just I find these comparative things to be a bit irrelevant. How does one handle something like that? Can you shut the person down without starting a spat?

Offer Evaluation:
I have offers for product manager roles from the following companies:
1. Airmeet
2. Razorpay
3. Flipkart
4. Meesho

YOE: 5 years
Offered(Approximate): 50 LPA + ESOPS
I would like to know which company is best and do I need to negotiate more on the offers?  

Hi Folks, how much time does Accenture take to revise the offer letter?

When discussing a first technical interview with a recruiter how much time do you ask them to give you for preparing for the interview?

Who else is heading to Nicky Romero? 🔥

28M living West Loop- trying to see if anyone wants to grab a drink tomorrow evening! Off for Thanksgiving and client travel immediately after, so would be great to see someone new before I leave the city for a bit.

I have taught Pk-2 (full time aides) & SpEd inclusion K-8 with parapros. This will be my first time alone in a classroom of 27 3rd graders. What is your favorite project to do in 3rd??

Steel Case vs Herman Miller

Is Herman Miller the undeniable winner in the office chair market or is Steel Case a contender for first?

Having serious Monday blues! Who wants to talk and help? 35M in Chicago

I was just informed that I am going to be extended an offer for AWS Proserve. What is the pay schedule for AWS… I thought she said that payday was once a month… I didn’t know if I heard this correctly.

Is there any profile which is based on purely SQL and nothing else, no excel/tableau/powerbi task.

Do we get early pay day, because Diwali? Is Talent that considerate? 🌝

Has anyone seen any unique places to find UX portfolios or post jobs other than the usual suspects?
Some UX Slack channels were doing well for a while but I definitely don’t see as much traction there. Meetups obviously came and went. Even the portfolio sites like Dribbble and Behance don’t seem that same.

Looking for some tax advice. Parents currently own NYC coop. They purchased at insider price so they have a lot of equity; low cost basis. Market value is $1M+. What can they do to lower tax bill when comes time for inheritance?

After figuring out FI/RE I am less motivated.

Where is the sustainability sector headed in the Middle East, project wise?

Are any other paralegals struggling with billable hour requirements? I have 5 years of experience in corporate transactions, M&A, and real estate work, and have never had billable hour requirements. I'm in a new job now where I do and I'm nowhere near meeting them. I'm getting a lot more admin work than billable work, and it's stressing me out.

Can anyone give me a how to for making a Request for Rectification under PCT rule 91.1? ISA is the US, filed with the USRO.

In prosecution, if a patent attorney does not try to remove prior art cited by an examiner (eg a 130 affidavit to assert an exception under102(b)(1)(A)), but instead makes arguments to overcome the art, may the attorney made an admission that bars removing the art later in prosecution. Just received such a transfer case, looking for options.

Does anyone find an attack on the Examiner’s prima facia showing of obviousness a lot more effective than distinguishing each and every prior art reference.

I recently underwrote a reply to final. Didn’t even bother with the references since I just got the case. Overcame the rejections.

Can anyone comment on how effective this is?

What would you say the going rates are for (i) non provisional application drafting and (ii) office action responses?

A frustrated colleague asked for help with a difficult prosecution. I agreed to help. I just reviewed up the case and the examiner is combining NINE references. I think that’s a record for me. What’s your record for most number of references combined?

Any insight into life as a patent agent with stern Kessler? Are there directors to avoid in the chemistry area?

Do you work somewhere where quality is valued over efficiency? Where can I find this? In-house? Small boutique?

I’m a patent pros. paralegal working in bio/chem at my firm, 26 yo with an MS in Chem at 100k and a 115 hr billable req.
After the mental beat down that was grad school, I’m happy to have straightforward tasks and mentally coast, but my attys want me to start studying for the patent bar asap.
I like where I’m at and I know that once I start down the tech spec/agent/attorney path, it’s going to be full speed. How long do you think I can/should stay in this position before starting to study?

In what order do you draft a patent application? I know the official answer is “it depends.” But what do you find yourself do most often? For me, it’s claims —> drawings —> spec.

Any recommendations for a document management system that automatically saves emails into the proper folders?

Any good recommendations for patent industry magazines with regular print editions? too much of my keeping up to date is by blogs.

I’m looking for a tool that allows me to search for text in Office Actions and responses. For example, is there a way to search for ‘written description’ or ‘improper Markush’ issued by Examiner John Smith? Does something like this exist?

What do y’all use to draw informal figures? I currently use powerpoint but am curious if there are more efficient ways. What have you found most efficient/convenient?

I am working on a NFOA for a design case. The Examiner identified a primary references and four secondary references. The Examiner also pointed out five differences between the primary reference and the claimed design. For the reply, I found nine additional differences between the claimed design and the primary reference, two of which are not present in any of the cited references. Should I clarify the level of a designer having ordinary skill in the art first? Complex/Expensive article. TY!

First year associate thinking about making the just from medium sized reputable IP firm to In House. Started at said firm summer of 1L year as a law clerk/patent agent in May 2019, have worked through school and full time as associate since Sept 2021. Feeling very “stuck” in day to day work. Love the patent/IP space but drafting and pros w/minimal human interaction is getting very difficult. Thinking In House would be better, but not sure how much experience needed. Thoughts?

Just curious: how much time would you bill for on prepping instructions to a FA for a response? Feel free to break down by how long you’ve been practicing, complexity, or any other factor you think is relevant.

Any recommendations for free or reasonably priced CLE courses for patent prosecution?

Any tips on starting a solo patent law firm from working in Biglaw? Worth it?

Bit of a niche topic: I’ve been in TS/SCI processing for a Science/Tech/Weapons analyst position with the CIA for 3 yrs since I finished grad school in chemistry, but CIA positions are sort of set it and forget it since they can take so long. I’ve since been focused on a Patent Attorney track and am with a firm that will support me taking the patent bar/law school. If I get through processing and go to the CIA for some time, do you think would I be accepted back into patent law later on?

For those at small/medium patent pros boutiques, what is your compensation structure, billing requirements, and salary like?