Salary by Years Experience for Patent Prosecutor Jobs

Updated: 1 Feb 2012

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Job: Patent Prosecutor

Salary by Years Experience

Years Experience	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are gross, national 10th to 90th percentile ranges. Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	$0	$28K	$56K	$84K
1-4 years	$40,000 - $83,473
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 1 Feb 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 7

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Posted	Job Title	Company	Job Location
Jan 20	High Tech Patent Prosecutor with Electrical Engineering Background and 2-5 Years of Experience	Mestel & Company	Boston, Massachusetts
	with an international client base and reputation, seeks a High Tech Patent Prosecutor with a background in Electrical Engineering, graduate degree preferred, to... Indeed

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Patent Lawyer Salaries

Unlike a patent agent, a patent lawyer has taken the bar exam and is licensed to practice law, in addition to representing clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Patent Lawyer Salary by Job chart makes the difference clear: patent lawyer salary is much higher than salary for paralegals or legal assistants specializing in patent law. A patent lawyer works not only to help clients patent their intellectual property, but also to advise them on matters such as infringement and licensing. It may sound more "American Inventor" than "Law & Order," but as intellectual property rights become increasingly complex in the digital age, patent attorneys have their work cut out for them.

Patent Attorney Salary Data

Entering patent law means passing the USPTO registration exam, in addition to the bar, and may mean quite a bit of extra study. It's common for law students considering a career in patent and intellectual property law to be curious about what to expect from starting patent lawyer salaries. Investigating a patent lawyer salary by years of experience, as shown in the chart above, will give salary researchers insight into the median patent attorney salary range for those just starting out as well as a patent lawyer salary after 5, 10, even 20 years of practice. Compare that chart to Lawyer Starting Salaries overall, and you will start to get the bigger picture when it comes to patent lawyer salaries.

Intellectual property law is such a diverse field, it's important to consider all the different variables that come into play in a patent lawyer's career; they can have a heavy impact on patent lawyer salary. For example, measuring Patent Lawyer Salary by Employer Type, we can see that a patent lawyer salary when working for state or local government can be less than half of what a company-employed patent lawyer earns. As in other professions, location also plays a large role in determining a patent lawyer salary. View the Patent Attorney Salary by State chart to see how salaries in different locations compare. You can also use the PayScale Cost of Living Calculator to research Cost of Living and Patent Lawyer Salary Data for multiple U.S. cities.