The USPTO has announced the development of a Continuing Education for Practitioners (“CEP”) system for on-line delivery of educational materials to patent practitioners, and is seeking help in piloting the on-line system.
Basically, the purpose of the system is to increase the efficiency of the patent system by ensuring that the practitioners have the required and up-to-date knowledge.
According to the announcement, the USPTO is looking to get 1000 registered practitioners to help evaluate the system and provide pertinent feedback.
The test course is supposed to take 1h.
It is worth noting that each participant in the pilot program will be deemed to have satisfied the first year’s requirement for CEP at such time as the USPTO makes CEP a requirement.
At the same time it is interesting to note that the test will not affect the registration status of any practitioner on the official roster of patent attorneys and agents.
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