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IT BEFORE MARCH! (2011 Act provision goes into effect) No one knows score, or past fails. How diverse is the clientele at the firm? Is it attributable to a single client (i.e. one Midtown firm does 85% Apple)? Key to law firm is billable hours Wratch up the hours and pay (its very difficult to get used to) Erik: good to join an engineering company first for a couple of years. Options are either law firm or in-house. Law school workload is like Intro to Engineering at Cornell: curved to a CTraining you to labor under immense volume of work. Prosecution Steven: worked with Prof. Terrell with graphene lubrication patent Columbia Jeff Sears law firms Talked with Prof. Terrell over the phone three times over course. Lot of up-front work: read enough, talk intelligently. Read a lot of patents, not scientific papers (not as technical) Read references cited against you Copywrite/ Clearance Review of product Claims that exist Market infringibility Patentability Determining freedom to operate Looking at and analyzing tech specifications Reading other peoples patents ex) GE counsel Stage 1: Prosecution (~around 3 months) Stage 2: Copywrite/ Clearance Stage 3: Litigation/ Licensing (attorney) Eric: start with prosecution read other patents not as detailed Steven: draft application ask questions (interpreting) broaden coverage flag, probe him with questions novelty is unknown for inventors getting out something in infancy

cradle to grave this professor did something elsewhere- mining Columbia Tech Ventures Students run searches What prior art found as relevant Assess whether patentable Brainstorm problems, add comments Competitors in the field Organization Deadlines, who, needs of group Client service: clients are the partners Lisa has six clients, Eric has six partners Do I want to be in a service profession? Manage both projects Incremental earnings are low Prosecution only- Midwest, Minnesota, small firms. Lisa: biggest firm first, to experience wider range of prosecution Small patent boutique Prosecution- no waxing and waning schedule Litigation- document review (sucks you in when you are involved) Do document review first as a first year. If good process, good work, no explicit feedback PILOT program subject matter reviewer with USPTO Shadow Jeff? Inventor review Ineraction with Process Economy is too uncertain. Risk management More options Patent literacy.