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Anyone with a degree in science or engineering
(or sometimes, the equivalent) can take the Patent Office Exam to become a patent agent or patent attorney. Patent law is a field of challenging and ever-changing opportunities. Be at the forefront of innovation . . . lead at the forefront of innovation.

PLI’s now-proven steps to success on the Exam:

  • Unique, interactive, diagnostic software that replicates what you’re going to find when you sit down to take the computer-based Exam.
  • Fully updated materials, lectures and questions for the Patent Office materials now being tested.
  • New online features available only to our customers: Compare your performance on practice questions with others taking our course. (You’ll know from the beginning whether you are on track to pass the Exam).

The Patent Office Registration Exam is computer-based and on-demand. But it is still a grueling test of very picky details. And the PTO has been more aggressive, testing the latest materials and some old topics more rigorously.

PLI’s Patent Office Registration Exam Course is still the best way to prepare to pass the test. When your future is riding on the results, you need a course that delivers. PLI has been doing that longer than ANYONE else in the business. We have more people passing the Exam than anyone, and they give us up-to-the-minute feedback.

In clear, concise, right-to-the-point language, this information-packed course leads you through the intricacies — and around the traps — of the Patent Office Exam. You’ll get the hard facts, test-taking tips, sample questions and answers, and intense practice exams that mirror what you’re going to face when you sit down to take the real thing. Our PatWare® software almost exactly predicted the current format of the Exam by many years. PatWare® has now been expanded, updated and Web-connected to play an even more critical and informative role in your preparation.

Whether you choose to attend a live course or study at home, from the very first hour of the course you’ll benefit from our Exam-focused approach. There’s just one reason PLI is the essential PTO Exam resource: It is simply the most user-friendly, comprehensive, in-depth, authoritative, interactive and Exam-focused course available today.

Order your course now, even if you’re going to attend a live course later on. Advance preparation is the key to success.

PLI’s Exam Preparation Calendar

The one-day Exam can be scheduled more or less at your convenience. It’s finding the right time to study for the Exam that should be your primary focus.

STEP 1. You’re going to need about 200 hours (we’d suggest one month of full-time study, or two months of part-time study) to prepare for the Exam. Pull out your calendar and see where you can find that month or two in the coming year.

STEP 2. Download the PTO Exam application and start to get your application in order.

STEP 3. Look to see whether one of our live courses falls within your projected study time. If not, or if you just prefer a homestudy course, plan to register for the online homestudy course. Order your preferred course at least a week before your 200-hour study time starts, and start to study as soon as it arrives (even if you’re coming to a live course later).

OR . . . If you feel that a live course is essential, plan your Exam date by figuring how long it will take you to fit in another 100 hours of preparation after the last day of your preferred live course.

STEP 4. Send off your PTO Exam application about 2-4 weeks before you finish your preparation.

STEP 5. Start planning your celebration for passing the Exam!

Our course covers EVERYTHING you need to know to pass the Exam the first time! Including:

  • The America Invents Act
  • New material recently added to the Exam from the America Invents Act
  • The Bilski, KSR and 112 guidelines added to the Exam in 2011
  • Patentability (35 USC 101, 102, 103 & 112; MPEP 2100)
  • Priority: Domestic and Foreign (35 USC 119)
  • Assignments and Ownership
  • Ethics (37 CFR Part 10)
  • Correspondence with the USPTO (MPEP 500)
  • Patent Applications (MPEP 600)
  • Responses and Amendments (MPEP 700)
  • Abandonment and Revival
  • Double Patenting and Restriction (MPEP 800)
  • Appeals (MPEP 1200)
  • Corrections of Patents (MPEP 1400)
  • Design Patents (MPEP 1500)
  • Plant Patents
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and International Filings (MPEP 1800)
  • Citation of Prior Art and Reexamination (MPEP 2200)
  • Interference Practice

And we’ll keep you updated on the testable materials added to the Exam until you pass.

Every registrant for PLI’s Patent Office Registration Exam, live or homestudy, gets: Access to the online homestudy course, including:

  • All lectures, and
  • PatWare® Interactive Exam Preparation
    – PLI’s exclusive (and first-of-its-kind) interactive
    testing software tracks the current Exam
    – Over a thousand practice questions (including all questions from past actual Exams that are still relevant) and answers, plus the electronic MPEP (just like on the real Exam), at your fingertips
    – New questions are included to test the new rules tested since the last released official Exam
    – Practice in all areas tested on the Exam (or you can focus on specific areas)
    – Instant feedback on answers
    – Diagnosis of your performance, chapter by chapter, exam by exam
    – Comparison of your performance via the Web with others taking our course, so that you know whether you’re on track to pass
    from the earliest stages

Exam-Focus Study Guide

  • Cross-referenced to the MPEP, it gives you Exam tips and study suggestions for every section of the MPEP tested on the Exam
  • Weighted coverage of material according to its importance on the Exam

Simulated Exams and Practice Exam Materials

  • Strengthen your grasp of material and your test-taking abilities with regular test exercises
  • Simulated PTO Exams build confidence and bring down test anxiety

Hotline

Get answers from faculty members to your specific Exam questions, right up to the test.

Pre-Course Tutorial

This exclusive, optional tutorial covers patent fundamentals and ensures all participants are on the same page when the course begins.

Key Word Glossary

Quickly master the jargon of patent preparation and prosecution using this handy tool.

ACE THE EXAM ON THE VERY FIRST TRY

Every element of our Exam-focused course - the schedule, the materials, the lectures, the software - concentrates exclusively on what you need to know to pass the Exam. You don’t need a distracting survey of patent law. What you need is a combination of targeted resources that zero in quickly and confidently on the issues, problems, questions and strategies that will enable you to ace this major test. And that’s exactly what you’ll find with PLI’s Patent Office Registration Exam Course.

  • We walk you through the patent statutes and every chapter of the MPEP, showing you what is tested and how it’s tested, with the occasional pause for practice exams on the topics you’ve just learned, to make sure you really understand how the rules are tested in the questions.
  • Special emphasis is placed on topics that are tested heavily on the Exam today (e.g., Patent Cooperation Treaty).
  • Your questions are answered by PLI’s expert faculty. Our instructors are among the top Patent Exam experts in the nation.
  • A wealth of tips fail-proof you against Exam pitfalls.
  • Interactive practice tests increase your knowledge and confidence.
  • The Web component tells you from the beginning whether you’re on track to pass the Exam.

Attend the High-Intensity, Interactive Live Course . . .

  • Convenient live courses across the U.S. throughout the year. Come to www.patentbarreview.com for the current schedule of upcoming live courses.

. . . Or Take the PLI Homestudy Course Online. The 24/7 Alternative!

Let PLI come to you! Same content, convenient format.

  • Replicates the live course completely. You get all the advantages of the live course, without leaving your home or office.
  • “Where you want, when you want” convenience. Learn at your own pace. All the lectures are at your fingertips, around the clock. Pause whenever you want, fast-forward through topics you’ve mastered, rewind to review. You call the shots.

(Note: Due to the intensive nature of this course, it is only available via streaming media (not downloadable or on disk) and PLI does not support any mobile platforms for this product.)

Live course takers automatically get access to the online homestudy course, too.

Please note: The online homestudy course is not available for group viewing. Also, your access to the course is limited to two computers without prior permission from PLI. Your access to the online course will be terminated after you have passed the Exam. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.

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