Prosecution associates - what are your hours looking like this year?

Pls advice what is the expected salary for senior 3 in EY GDS pune for BA in Capital Markets ?

Hi everyone, I joined a start up where I joined as an intern and moved on to be a Business Analyst. I've worked with marketing and HR, but as it is a tech firm I haven't really interacted with the really technical aspect of it. My educational background isn't based in this aspect of work and would like to contribute more to the company, any suggestions for any training I can do or any tips for how to improve my work quality? I'm currently involved with improving the Indian branch of the company

If my parents live in a government provided house and I live with them (wfh), how can I plan my HRA exemption?

Anyone have insight on Verily? Great mission, but online reviews from employees are awful. Are things turning around for the better?

If we are able to eventually implement booster shots, who do you think should be eligible first? Do you think there should be levels at tech companies, like more hands-on employees or managers first? Dependent perhaps on responsiblity?

Anyone who is an SDET? How much coding do you do?

Friend asked to buy my SPG/marriott points. How would that work hypothetically? $0.027/SPG , $0.009/Marriott? (According to Points guy) & transfer to their account?

Anyone taken the CFF? Looking for advice on the first exam

How is the work in EY for government projects in terms of hikes and work life balance?


Year of experience is 5
Got offer senior consultant

What should be the Salary ask be for Sr. Consultant @ EY India Tech Risk practise?
Relevant YOE - 5 years.

Is the career trajectory/compensation different for internal IT and consultant roles vs the customer facing roles at PwC especially for RPA?

Anyone else tired of the constant changes in leadership?

Hello Fishes, Just curious to know anyone working with any gaming companies (EA Games,Activision, ubisoft, Sega,etc)
Like how do they hire?
Which tech stack they would be looking for?

Has anyone joined TCS recently after completing in person onboarding? When did you receive the induction link and employee id? My in person onboarding was completed yesterday but I haven't received any email yet.

For 15.5 YOE, on Cloud platforms, what band and salary should be offered by tech mahindra..CCTC is 17 lacs.Offfer I already have for 34 lacs.

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

How many billable hours do people in prosecution tend to average each month? I’ve gone through waves of feeling like my billable hours requirement is reasonable to feeling like I’m drowning and can’t possibly do it for that long.

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

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

Patent prosecution or trademark prosecution? I have interest in both places but would love to hear the thoughts/experience of others.

If a client asks law firm A to transfer a couple of patent prosecution cases to law firm B, does law firm A need to deliver all relevant documents to law firm B? Can law firm B just submit POA and access all the files via Private Pair? Thank you

Anybody know anything about Lerner David for patent pros? Culture, pay, hours etc? Mid level looking to lateral

Anybody know anything about Nicholson de vos Webster Elliott for patent pros? Culture, pay, hours etc? Mid level looking to lateral

How do firms handle export control rules compliance for inbound disclosures for new filings?
Do you make the determination of export control classification number (ECCN) yourself based on each inbound disclosure? Do you ask the client to provide the ECCN, if they know it? Do you play ostrich? Or something else?

How long does it take you to draft a patent application on average?

Does anyone’s practice also include patent lit? I’m thinking of switching from prosecution to litigation (my firm has separate lit and pros practice groups). If you practice patent lit, is there anything that you dislike about it/anything you wish you would have known earlier?

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?

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?

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

What do folks find most frustrating about patent prosecution? Drafting, OAs, client relations, other?

For me, I dislike drafting the spec to explicitly recite the basic things it does, eg, server talks to client to do <basic action>.

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?

Subject matter eligibility "doctrines" .... lol amirite?

Would patent folks out there use software that digitizes an office action? That is, the UI will link to all the cited art in the office action and will highlight cited paragraphs of the art.

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!

What do hiring partners (or HR in in-house) generally think about a lateral that are in the middle of a part-time MS degree program (STEM MS program)?