Patzke+Study+Components+2

IMMEDIATELY: Read up on the Supreme Court. - Who’s on it? - What are their political allegiances? - Do I know them by sight?

APRIL 15th - Go listen to the oral arguments for AMP v. USPTO at the Supreme Court - Don’t freak out.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT - Write down everything

AFTER THAT, BUT STILL IN APRIL - Read about all the new stuff you heard about in the oral arguments - Contact the clerk to get a copy of the oral argument scripts (if possible) - Follow up on what was left out and what was included in the actual oral arguments.

MAY - Incorporate all that stuff into papers and proposals for Discourse Analysis and Experiments in Methods.

JUNE, JULY and AUGUST - Don’t loose momentum while working on your qualifying exams

SEPT-DEC - Literature rev should be completed for your dissertation proposal. - Do some interviews

JAN – MAY - Dissertation proposal should be complete

JUNE - Begin ethnographic work at the Federal Circuit Court - Begin ethnographic work at the USPTO - Begin ethnographic work at Myriad Genetics