Costs associated with becoming a [patent] attorney
To say nothing of undergrad costs, the following are the expenses I’ve incurred (and will be incurring for years to come) with regard to law school and related requirements.
- Law school tuition: $90,000+
- Law school books and study aids: $4500
- California Bar study materials: $4000
- California Bar application: $529
- California Bar moral character evaluation: $431
- California Bar fee to use a laptop on the exam: $150
- California Bar initial registration: $75
- California Bar LiveScan (fingerprint scanning): $18
- California Bar MPRE exam: $55
- California Bar admissions certificate: $69
- Patent Bar study materials: $830
- Patent Bar application: $240
- Patent Bar fee to take the exam: $150
- Patent Bar fee to get your USPTO number after passing the patent bar: $100
- Cost-of-living in Silicon Valley: $$$$$
Ridiculous.