Useful Links for the Patent Bar Exam
During Chris Casson’s journey to passing the Patent Bar Exam, he mentioned a number of links to websites that will be useful to anyone wanting to register and study for the Patent Bar Exam. Here is a round-up of some of those important resources:
- PRG Patent Bar Review Course - Learn more about the PRG Patent Bar Review Course, which helped Chris gain the knowledge and strategies he utilized to pass the Patent Bar Exam. You can take the PRG Patent Bar Review Course in a live setting or through an online video course. Also learn about ExamWare™, one of the main study tools that Chris utilized after attending the PRG Patent Bar Review.
- USPTO website: Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Here you can find any news about the Patent Bar Exam (including updates based on the America Invents Act), a roster search for a patent attorney or agent, Exam Resources (including registration instructions, various fees, past Exams, and Exam result statistics), and a variety of other news, rules, and resources for registered attorneys and agents.
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) and its Subject Matter Index - Chris learned to navigate through the MPEP with the help of the PRG Patent Bar Review Course and ExamWare™.
- USPTO information on the America Invents Act and the AIA Effective Dates - PRG Director Brad Buehler wrote an important post about how the Patent Bar Exam will be effected by the changes in patent law through the America Invents Act.
- Prometric’s website - After his application was accepted by the USPTO to sit for the Patent Bar Exam, Chris signed up through this website to take the Exam at a Prometric testing center.
- Prometric Exam Tutorial - According to the website, “this tutorial provides a series of screens that orient you to the computer testing environment.”
Look back through all of the blog posts to get a first-hand look at how Chris utilized these resources to register for, study, and take the Patent Bar Exam!
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