Patent Bar Review 2009 - Summer

June 3, 2009 - June 3, 2009

Location

South Texas College of Law
Houston, Texas
USA

Description

Anyone with a technical degree (generally, any degree in science or engineering, or the equivalent) can take the Patent Bar Exam to become a patent agent or patent attorney. Patent Law is one of the U.S.'s top growth industries, with ever-changing, intriguing opportunities.

The Patent Bar Exam is now computer-based and on-demand. But it is still the same grueling, leave-no-stone-unturned test of knowledge that it's always been. And they've been more aggressive, testing new topics (and some old topics - e.g., PCT) more rigorously.

PLI's Patent Bar Review Course is still the best way to prepare yourself to ace the test. When your future is riding on the results, you need a course that delivers. That's what PLI has been doing for YEARS longer than ANYONE else.

In clear, concise, right-to-the-point language, this information-packed course leads you through the intricacies - and around the traps - of the Patent Bar 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 and updated to play an even more critical 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 this is the essential PTO exam resource: It is simply the most user-friendly, comprehensive, in-depth, authoritative 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 key.

PLI's Patent Bar Review is co-sponsored by some of the top IP law schools and organizations in the nation: George Washington University Law School, John Marshall Law School (Chicago), Santa Clara University School of Law - High Tech Law Institute, Suffolk University Law School and The Intellectual Property & Technology Law Society of South Texas College of Law.

PLI's EXAM PREPARATION CALENDAR
The Exam itself is only one day, and it's a day that you can pick more or less at your convenience. It's finding the right time to study for the Exam that should be your focus.

STEP 1. You're going to need a minimum of 150 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 those 150 hours in the coming year.

STEP 2. Download the PTO Exam application from our Patent Bar Review Website, www.patentbarreview.com, and start to get your papers 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 a homestudy course. Order your preferred course at least a week before your 150-hour study-time starts, and start to study as soon as it arrives (even if you're coming to a live course later).

STEP 4. Send off your PTO Exam application about 2-4 weeks before you finish your 150-hour preparation.

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

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 course. Send in your application to take the Exam as you are finishing the live course.

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE NEW PATENT BAR EXAM OR OUR COURSE, VISIT www.patentbarreview.com OR CALL (888) 296-5973.

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 at PLI's Patent Bar Review, whether you attend a live session or take a homestudy course.

PLI gets you ready for it . . . gets you through it . . . and brings you out on top.

Fully integrated materials and lectures focus on what is tested on the Exam.
"Weighted" coverage mirrors how often and how in-depth subjects are tested on the actual Exam.
Face-to-face interaction with PLI's expert faculty. Our instructors are among the top patent bar experts in the nation.
A wealth of tips fail-proof you against Exam pitfalls.
Interactive practice tests increase your knowledge and confidence.
Our faculty is available to you for questions via email or telephone.

ATTEND THE 5-DAY, HIGH-INTENSITY, INTERACTIVE LIVE COURSE . . .

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

. . . OR TAKE THE PLI HOMESTUDY COURSE. THE 24/7 ALTERNATIVE!
Let PLI come to you! Same content, convenient format.

Available on CD-ROMs, DVDs and audio CDs. (CD-ROMs should be chosen by any attorney who needs CLE for a homestudy course.)
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.
Please note: Homestudy courses are not suitable for group viewing. Because we are committed to providing current course materials, we ask that you return CD-ROMs and DVDs no later than two weeks after your Exam.

Please note: Homestudy courses are not suitable for group viewing. Because we are committed to providing current course materials, we ask that you return CD-ROMs and DVDs no later than two weeks after your Exam.

. . . OR GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

If you order both a homestudy course and a live course, you get 50% off the second course.

IMPORTANT EXTRAS. FREE!
Every registrant for PLI's Patent Bar Review, live or homestudy, also gets:

The Complete Set of Lectures on Audio CDs

PatWare Interactive Exam Preparation

PLI's exclusive (and first-of-its-kind) interactive testing software tracks the current Exam.
It puts over a thousand practice questions (most from actual past Exams) and answers, plus the electronic MPEP, 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).
Get instant feedback on answers (including full MPEP-based coverage of any question).
Diagnose your performance, chapter by chapter, exam by exam.

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 daily test exercises.
Simulated PTO Exams build confidence and bring down test anxiety.

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
We give you an electronic MPEP that tracks the electronic MPEP you will use on the actual Exam.

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

Pre-Course Tutorial
This exclusive, optional 2-hour 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. Another PLI exclusive feature.

Online Networking
During the year, we'll be rolling out some value-added on-line bonuses that will help you keep in touch with us and each other…to get feedback on your preparation performance, to exchange thoughts on testing sites and questions, to network, and more.

Make the comparison. The choice is clear.
Ask any other bar review course whether they can match PLI:

PLI teaches to the test. We focus exclusively on the subjects and strategies you need to ace the Exam. Other courses sidetrack you with general coverage of all patent law.
Our first-of-its-kind software, PatWare, predicted and tracks the new computer-based format of the Exam. It has always been included in your course price. It's loaded with all past Exam questions that are still relevant, updated to reflect the current law, AND new questions our experienced faculty have written to test the new rules. Plus, an electronic MPEP that works like the one on the Exam.
PLI offers more live courses every year than anyone else.
We offer the entire course via homestudy, on CD-ROMs, audio CDs and DVDs. No other course has all of these options.
Learn from the top experts in the country. John White - our academic director, course designer and chief lecturer - has been teaching to the Exam for about 20 years. The Patent Office itself hired John White to teach its Patent Law and Evidence Course for its Examiners.
Students get a tuition discount on any full live or homestudy course from PLI.
PLI gives you practice exams each and every course day.
PLI's 2-hour pre-course video tutorial covers the basics of U.S. patent law and procedure for anyone who needs it.
Get a telephone and email hotline you can use right up to the Exam to answer your questions.
Our registrants can take advantage of a 50% discount on PLI's benchmark publication, Faber on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting, plus a $350 discount certificate to use on a future PLI course. Most other courses don't come from companies with the history and wealth of patent materials PLI offers.