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From: petersja@debussy.cs.colostate.edu (james peterson)
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Subject: Re: CS degrees are not "technical" degrees.....???
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Date: 30 Jul 90 14:20:12 GMT
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In article <26B08636.1C5A@intercon.com> ooblick@intercon.com (Mikki Barry) writes:
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>I am in the same position.  The US Patent office wants people who have
>physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, etc. degrees.  They 
>begrudgingly accepted biology as an undergraduate subject that can
>qualify you for patent attorney status.  Perhaps if we push them hard
>enough, CS will also be an "acceptable" discipline.
>
Now you are talking. Here's the question: who do we "push" and who does
the "pushing?"

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james lee peterson				petersja@handel.cs.colostate.edu
dept. of computer science                       
colorado state university		"Some ignorance is invincible."
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