Dave's Patent Bar Forum - Why the Patent Bar is Easier than Ever Before

The content and difficulty of the patent bar exam ebbs and flows over time. This is usually true but not always. Take for example the fact that the current exam began testing effective Thursday, October 19, 2006, and that the computer-delivered registration examination made the 8th Edition, Revision 4 of the Manual of Patent Examination Procedure (MPEP) available during the exam. For over two and one-half years the OED has been using the same exam and the same MPEP. This is true even though the MPEP has been revised three more times since that date. So you may ask, "Why would this make the exam any easier?"

The main reason is that almost everything about the exam has been posted on the internet. There is a small cottage industry of web sites and bloggers that provide a forum for exam takers to provide information about the exam and exam questions. This mainly represents thousands of messages about exam questions with a smaller number relating to conditions at testing centers and other relevant issues. Anybody that has the time and patience to wade through this mountain of information will have a very good understanding of the vast majority of exam questions being used on the exam.

Although it is nearly impractical and hugely time consuming to attempt to sort out all of the myriads of information about the exam over the internet, there is no need to do so since our company has done this for you if you buy our patent bar review course.

By harvesting this resource we are in the enviable position of knowing nearly all the exact topics being tested on the exam, nearly all the exam questions from prior exams that are being tested, and we can quickly and easily provide this information at appropriates times throughout our patent bar review course. For this reason, since you would know the content of the vast majority of exam questions, passing the exam is a no brainer and much, much easier than ever before.

Starting on April 12, 2011, the exam began testing a new revision of the MPEP (8th Edition, Revision 8) along with five notices. These notices, along with the new revision of the MPEP are the files that are now downloaded on the exam computer when you begin taking the exam.

Our program is now based on the new MPEP and also includes material relating to the posted notices.

We have read many comments on the internet about the new exam. It is fairly obvious that the exam would now include between 3-5 questions from this new material.

Compared to the earlier exam, we would expect that our students would put in an extra ten (10) hours to be fully prepared for the exam.