University of Illinois at Urbana Champai

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rexsongran 发表于 2014-12-31 21:05
你申请的是UIUC的物理专业吗？

是的，粒子物理方向

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恭喜楼楼，请问一下托福多少给的offer啊

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楼主有绿卡吗？没有的话，没法考 patent bar。

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恭喜楼主，同行呀，常联系

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FYI.

Limited Recognition
Only U.S. citizens or permanent residents can be registered to practice law in patent matters before the Office.  37 CFR §§ 11.6(a) and (b).  It has been the long standing practice of the Office to grant limited recognition under 37 CFR § 11.9(b) to nonimmigrant aliens who demonstrate that they are authorized to be employed or trained by a specific employer in the capacity of preparing and prosecuting patent applications.

You may hold yourself out to the public only as having been granted limited recognition to practice in patent matters before the Office.  For example, any published biographical information regarding your ability to practice before the Office in patent matters must include an indication of your limited recognition status and shall not reference that you are registered to practice in patent matters before the Office.  You are not authorized to hold yourself out as being registered to practice in patent matters before the Office.  Failure to comply with this requirement may result in the revocation of your grant of limited recognition to practice in patent matters before the Office.  You may apply for registration if your immigration status changes to United States permanent residence or citizenship.

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Unless a foreigner is sponsored by a U.S. employer or there is a reciprocal recognition between the U.S. and the foreigner's native country, the foreigner cannot register as a patent agent before the USPTO.

That is my understanding.

Besides meeting the educational requirements (B.S. in hard science or enough credit hours in a scientific field), there are citizenship requirements for the patent bar exam-takers. If an applicant is not a US citizen or permanent resident (green card), there are very limited options to qualify to take the USPTO patent bar exam.

An alien residing in the United States may be granted permission to take the exam if he or she is admitted to the country to work in activities related to patent procurement. For example, the alien is hired by a law firm to prosecute patents under the H-1B visa category. As such, the applicant’s visa documentation must specifically state that they are admitted to the US to do or be trained to do patent work, and the applicant should include copies of all documentation to prove such arrangement.

For the most part, this means that the applicant must be sponsored by an employer to work in the specialty occupation of patent prosecution. Note also that the applicant won’t become registered as a patent practitioner, but only given limited recognition which expires when he or she leaves the country.

There is reciprocity with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). A person who is registered before CIPO to handle patent cases and living in Canada may submit an application to the USPTO and be registered to represent Canadian citizens and practice in patent cases before USPTO.

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rexsongran 发表于 2015-1-5 12:03
我咨询过，取得patent bar过程如下：
非绿卡可以去参加patent bar考试，通过后需要找到美国律所挂靠，取 ...

Your sequence is wrong. It should be: A foreigner needs to
1) Be hired by a law firm doing patent prosecution using H-1B visa; then
2) Apply to take the patent bar exam; once having passed the exam,
3) Register before USPTO with limited recognition (tied with the H-1B visa).

It may not be a slam dunk to get an H-1B visa in the U.S. under current regulations. Ask any current F-1 student for proof. If you goal is to work at a law firm as a patent scientist/technical specialist/patent engineer, you do not need to have an LLM degree, at least in the CS/EE field. Having a B.S. or M.S. degree is good enough.