It's finally official
I've just received notification that my application to become a formally fully chartered UK Patent Attorney has been accepted, the culmiation of many years of blood, tears, sweat, toil and stress. I may celebrate by leaving the bag in the teacup for an extra thirty seconds. But let's not get too hasty.
Striking chords
Part of this job, like any other, is keeping a finger on the pulse of what is going on in the larger industry - changes in laws, decisions in significant cases, and so on. This being the 21st Century, most of this now comes from blogs rather than old-timey printed journals. Anyway, for various reasons, I have Patent Attorney qualifications in multiple juristictions: The UK, Australia, and New Zealand (I'm an extremely special and unique snowflake). One of the main blogs I've