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In <1994May16.142559.1261@draper.com> bwc2809@draper.com (Barry W. Chapin) writes:

>I have a few questions about materials and courses for Patent Bar Study for
>the exam offered on November 4, 1994.  I am taking it in Boston where I live.

>There are two well-known test preparation courses offered for Patent Bar
>preparation.  Patent Resources Group (PRG) Icn. offers one in Wash. DC for
>$1395 from August 28-Sept. 2 1994.  They boast a 77% pass rate among people
>who take their course.  I can purchase just their prep materials now (to begin
>early study before their course begins) for about $700.  The cost of these
>is then deducted from the tuition.  

>The other group, Practising Law Institue (PLI) offers a course for $1695
>in NYC from October 1-7 1994.  They ship you their materials only 4-6 weeks
>before the course begins, thus giving less time before the exam to begin
>preparing.  This appeals less to me, since I work full-time and go to law
>school at nights.  I would like the materials now, since I am a free man
>this summer and can spend mucho time studying.  They could not provide me
>with any sort of pass rate, though a prep course pass rate means little to
>me (taken with a grain of salt).  Maybe someone could add some insight about
>PLI?

>Does anyone have any more details or opinions on either of these courses?
>I am interested to know if I can obtain the prep materials used from someone.
>Do the materials (including the MPEP) change much each year?  Are these one
>of the things a Patent Agent/Attorney wants to hang onto for their toolkit
>once they begin work, or is it likely they would be willing to sell them?

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>Basically, I am having a little bit of difficulty trying to decide which
>course to take, which one is better, and where to get materials ASAP for
>this exam.  
 
I took the PLI course years ago (and passed the exam) and am now
a practicing patent lawyer.  I'm also on the all-volunteer faculty of
the PLI course.  I passed a copy of the posting on to the program
attorney at PLI, Ruth Druss, who runs the course.

The PLI materials include a book called Landis on Claim Drafting, two
thick looseleaf binders (called Volume I and Volume II), and a copy of
the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure.  Volume I is what I think of
as the main text for the course, and Volume II is a compilation of past
patent office exams.

The reason that Volume I and Volume II are not available until
approximately two months before the course, she explains, is that they
are revised before each course.  Thus it is simply not possible, right
now, to provide the materials that will be provided in a few months.
However, Ms. Druss says the PLI still has some extra copies of Volumes
I and II from the course that was offered in March of 1994.  So, if it
would be helpful to Mr. Chapin, she says that he can sign up for the
course now, if he wishes, and PLI would provide the March volumes now,
and the final volumes later.  She could also provide the Landis book
now.  Interested parties should contact Ms. Druss at 212-765-5700.


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Carl Oppedahl AA2KW  
Oppedahl & Larson (patent lawyers)
Yorktown Heights, NY  
voice 212-777-1330