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[quote=Anonymous]Engineer here with a PhD from the top program for our field.   I currently work in regulations and am mid 30s.   I was wondering if it'd be possible to transition into patent law.  I keep reading how there is a need for them because of a supposed shortage die to the fact that you have to have a technical degree to even pass the patent bar and the number of lawyers with a science/engineering degree is quite low.  Is this even remotely true?  I suppose I could transition by working as a patent agent for a firm.  The salary would be nearly identical as what I make now anyway.  But here is my question - would firms pay for last school for someone I their late 30s to early 40s to transition or is there unwritten age discrimination?  Like I said right now I work in a regulatory field and get to see IP/new tech all of the time, but I'm torn between how to advance my career further. Either I stay in regulatory or move into more of the law side.

Yeah, I won't beat around the bush...I'm looking to make more money in the future. I'm tired of being under compensated.  No, I have no desire to go back into industry to do r and d. I burned out of the lab.  Yes, regulatory can be quite lucrative too, but often in a consulting role, which I'm not so hyped on pursuing.  The only way I'd be interested in pursuing law school would be to go debt free.  Do firms still do that these days to acquire patent attorney talent? Am I too old? I know there are lots of lawyers here. If it means anything, my background is in bioengineering, thus I have extensive experience in biology and biotech, especially working with gene theraoy/gene editing tech that's used for all sorts of human medicines, used to modify plants/crops, enhance animals for agriculture or for engineering biosystems for production of valuable commodities like fuel/medicine/other.[/quote]

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