I have 2 years of patent prosecution experience and then 20 years of patent litigation experience. For a variety of reasons, I am now trying to move back to full time patent prosecution. Does anyone have a similar experience? What is it like?

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I've not seen that done. So you have a technical degree, did a couple years of patent prosecution, moved into litigation early on and now want back in? What is your technical field? Are you looking at firms or in house? How good do you think you are at prosecution-- are are you going to be more like a newb regarding patent practice details?

I'd second trying to market yourself as a hybrid; you're probably way too expensive for someone to hire you to do something you haven't really done in 20 years (1-2 applications a year is nothing). But you'll be providing the value you'd be asking for if you can serve both roles, at least in-house

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