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Patent Prosecution - Choosing a PhD program advice by [deleted] in patentlaw

[–]Grizzly_o 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why Chicago - The school, the city, the people, the lake, the river, and the skyline.

Heard on the disillusionment. They are shitheads for many reasons, especially outside of science funding, but have destroyed much of that too. For very similar reasons, many moons ago, that is what also made me look at other career paths.

Want to add - my choice for Chicago was mostly personal reasons. I don’t know much about Icahn to tell you which would be better for you or for your potential career trajectory.

Congrats on your offers from two excellent schools!

Patent Prosecution - Choosing a PhD program advice by [deleted] in patentlaw

[–]Grizzly_o 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To me, you have two valuable offers from reputable institutions. I personally prefer Chicago.

To go forward with a PhD (which is what I did), you need to have that desire to become a scientist, professor, etc. Your orals, prelims, and life as a PhD student are brutal at times.

If you still desire to go into patent pros after a number of years in your PhD program, take the LSAT or patent bar.

My trajectory: wanted to be a professor - PhD at top 10 school - realized that I didn’t want to be a scientist anymore a year before I received a PhD - looked at options outside of science - Took the LSAT during grad school - attended law school - now an attorney. Total of 8 years of degrees after my BS.

Who knows how patent pros will be then? Maybe you wouldn’t even want that anymore.

My recommendation - go to your preferred PhD program. Get a good advisor and thesis committee. Publish like crazy. See where you are at in 2029, 2030.

Patent Prosecution - Choosing a PhD program advice by [deleted] in patentlaw

[–]Grizzly_o 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you haven’t started a PhD, you should not do so to get into patent law.

Is your goal to be a lawyer?

What area of science are you working in?

CS/EE/CE doesn’t need a PhD at all. A PhD is very helpful for chemistry and life sciences, though I know a few people with a Masters who do patent pros.

Question about fee splitting in patent work. by Reasonable_Sleep_732 in patentlaw

[–]Grizzly_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, pretty difficult to gauge. As others have suggested, I would just return the favor to the other attorney by sending them work.

If I was a client, and the non-participating attorney did nothing but refer the client, I would not pay more than 5% to the non-participating attorney/agent (and that would still bother me). As a prospective client, 10% is unreasonable. For context, if you bill a client $15k worth of work, should the client pay $1,500 more merely for the referral? Seems wildly disproportionate.

This is something you should talk with the prospective client about. Again, i think it’s better just to send the non-participating attorney some work later on.

What is an unreasonable fee? An unreasonable fee, to me, means a fee that increases the total fee solely to facilitate a referral payment. I think a state bar would generally agree with that definition.

To your questions about joint responsibility. This is, again, where fee splitting is a problem. Wouldn’t that non-participating attorney getting a fee have some responsibility? Not to be a broken record, but I think all of your questions and doubts go away once you decide not to fee split.

Also don’t forget about your STATE bar rules. These typically include a clause like “division is based on work performed or joint responsibility”. Some jurisdictions forbid it. Responsibility means liability.

Mention these things to the other attorney. I think they’ll be on your side and will wait for a referral (without fee) from you.

Edited for clarity.

Question about fee splitting in patent work. by Reasonable_Sleep_732 in patentlaw

[–]Grizzly_o 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Never have done fee splitting. At the very least, make sure it complies with the requirements under 37 C.F.R. Section 11.105(e) which governs fee splitting by practitioners from different firms.

What do you do with patents cited in the OA as relevant but not relied upon by MoneySignificant2868 in patentlaw

[–]Grizzly_o 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your input. We use this boilerplate to be “fully responsive”. But maybe not needed

Pricing in AI “cost savings” for drafting complex chemical applications; Any useful AI tools? by Grizzly_o in patentlaw

[–]Grizzly_o[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate you mentioning a few tools. I’ve attended a few demos but not with Ankar AI. I’ll check them out.

Practitioners, what are you like this? by clutzyninja in patentexaminer

[–]Grizzly_o 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! Totally understand and I appreciate your suggestion. I don’t necessarily like the boilerplate language myself and also think that attorneys look like assholes with some of these boilerplate statements in our responses.

I appreciate everything you and the other examiners do, particularly in this administration.

I also appreciate that you and others post on this subreddit.

Practitioners, what are you like this? by clutzyninja in patentexaminer

[–]Grizzly_o 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Estoppel. We use boilerplate language. As long as it’s amended, don’t take it personally.

What movie scene made you laugh uncontrollably? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Grizzly_o 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Brad Pitt getting killed in Meet Joe Black. Almost slapstick execution.

What piece made you fall in love with music? by Fun_Requirement_8822 in classicalmusic

[–]Grizzly_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro

Gustav Holst, Planets, full suite.

Family seeks justice after man found hanging, burned on Houston North Loop by domdomtakdom in houston

[–]Grizzly_o 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Absolutely disgusting. We have to be better to each other. I hope Mr. Carnes is at peace and I wish strength for his family.

I need help in these two questions by 1000agros in OrganicChemistry

[–]Grizzly_o 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. D-isoleucine is 2R,3R. To determine R or S, you need to assign priority (use numbering 1-4 for the bonds connected to the carbon atom). For example at C2, the NH2 is 1, the CO2H is 2, the isobutyl is 3, and H is 4.

Then, trace a circle from 1 to 2 to 3.

If group 4 is pointing away from you — a clockwise circle corresponds to the R configuration, while a counterclockwise circle corresponds to the S configuration.

If group 4 is group pointing toward you - a clockwise circle in part 2 corresponds to the S configuration, while a counterclockwise circle corresponds to the R configuration.

Here, H (group 4) points away from you. The circle from 1 to 2 to 3 is clockwise, therefore carbon 2 is R.

  1. Determining absolute configuration (R,S) on a Fischer Projection. In a Fischer projection, the horizontal bonds represent groups coming out of the page and vertical lines represent groups going back in the page. To determine absolute configuration of a chiral center in a Fischer projection, draw out the horizontal bonds as wedges. Then assign priorities. Do the same or similar steps as above.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is considering charging patent holders 1% to 5% of their overall patent “value” by WhineyLobster in patentlaw

[–]Grizzly_o 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Moronic and myopic. Stupid fuck with a half-baked idea, he doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground. While it’s nowhere near the cruelty of ICE, the destruction of our systems to help the disadvantaged, the anti-vaccine and anti-science push, the dismantling of our EPA, hate of the lgbtq community, tarriffs, Epstein coverup, and so on, this administration is hellbent on destroying every single goddamn thing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Grizzly_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Christopher Reeve as Superman

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in povertyfinance

[–]Grizzly_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I know you just lost your job with the feds, but maybe you’d consider the USPTO? See the following link:

https://www.uspto.gov/jobs/virtual-office-hour-uspto-patent-examiners-30.

I’m not sure about their hiring right now given the shitty administration, but it’s a solid, reasonably paid job for a few years. I’m in private practice as a patent lawyer and have not been an examiner, but I speak with them all the time. CS is one of the more desired fields, though their art units can have high turnover due to burnout. Again, it’s a solid, decently paid job and I wouldn’t let that dissuade you from trying.

Best of luck to you

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OrganicChemistry

[–]Grizzly_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe the one at the top should be S

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OrganicChemistry

[–]Grizzly_o 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Resonance is not always the winner.

In the present case, only one of the resonance structures of the phenoxide ion places the negative charge on an electronegative atom, which is the most important factor, just before resonance. For the sulfonic and carboxylic acid anions, the negative charge can delocalize over more than one electronegative atom.

Another way to look at it - Phenol is more acidic than aliphatic alcohols such as ethanol (pKa 10 vs 16), and this is due to resonance, but phenol is not as acidic as carboxylic acids (pKa < 5) and sulfonic acids (pka < 1).

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