Second year patent agent,

I only billed 110 hours last month (new billable year started 12/01). I'm supposed to be billing 1700 a year and 4 months in at a new job. Am I going to get asked about the deficit already? I'm nervous because I'm down about 40 hours from where I should be.

Hi Everyone, Need help.

I am currently serving Notice period and can join in 20days.

Have good expertise on Selenium Webdriver, TestNG, Restassured, Postman, Jenkins, AWS, Java Programming.

Yoe - 6.8years.

Preferred Location - Noida/ Gurgoan/ NCR

Please refer me in your organisations for relevant openings, would highly appreciate your help and time. Thanks in advance.

Hey folks! Would appreciate a referral! Can anyone help? ☺️

Hi Fishes, Recently got offer from Salesforce as an Technical Salesforce Support Engineer. Can you please share what actually it is. I'm from java background YOE 2.

I'm confused which one have to choose one hand I'm holding LTI offer as Java developer.

So I'm new to IT field and got only 1 year experience in automation testing using Tosca, I got training in java and selenium and I studied selenium myself in free time to learn more in testing, I'm thinking to make a switch next year. How much of a pay raise should I expect? And can I get referrals for QA engineers from companies like Accenture or TCS or other big tech companies? I'm a newbie so it'll be helpful if someone could guide me thanks

What’s the minimum percent salary increase you’d leave your current job for?

Can someone inform me of the average salary for a Workday HCM Recruiting Functional Consultant - Sr. Associate @pwc

What are the best industries for talented strategy/business developers? Looking for industry exit opportunities from retail banking as I find the entire industry too boring.

Question for F🐠. Someone asks you to keep them company via text, social media, maybe a phone call sometime etc. You'll be payed to do this. Would you do it? And what are your terms?

FDD or Restructuring and why? Have an offer for both and very very conflicted (MM FDD vs. mid tier RX)

Hi Guys ,
I had my capgemini hr round cleared on 7th October , and on 8th October , she said she has sent mail for business approval ?
Job grade B2
YOE - 4.1
CTC offered - 14 Lac ( fixed )
Current CTC - 5 6 LAC
Skill - AWS Cloud + Python + Devops

My question is how many days does it takes to release offer letter ?
Is the salary offered good or should I try for more negotiation ?

Note :- LWD in my current company is 1ST Nov

Has anyone lived in the Hollymont apartments? What are they like?

I already am a CFP, now thinking about getting the RICP. Who has it? What's the study time required?

A prospective client told me that her current advisor only charges her when her accounts make money. He doesn't charge when there is a loss. How would that even work? Have you heard of this?

Thinking about going independent and operating out of my home office. Does anyone have any thoughts to share about that? I’m wondering about clients coming to my home and FINRA issues.

Hiring BA, PM, Sr Tech PM, and experienced Program Managers for EPMO. Hybrid schedule. Healthcare environment. Central IL location.

Has someone here moved recently to UK from India? Have some questions on moving around rent, luggage, visa etc. TIA.

Hi 🐠 - I’m actively seeking consultants with prior BA / product owner experience for roles at a boutique NYC-based IT consulting firm. DM me!

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

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

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?

Has anyone on here ever requested redaction of a filed application? I'm looking to redact a few paragraphs of a provisional application.

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

Is it reasonably possible to jump from patent prosecution to trademark prosecution?

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)?

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.

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!

Has anyone regretted going in-house as patent counsel? If so, were you able to successfully transition back to a firm?

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

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?

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

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

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

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