Black people get their drugs from dealers <| sep |>$ 10 month for 32 GB , $ 15 month for 128 GB <| sep |> This is exactly the reason they do not allow graduate degrees to qualify they are structured by the student , often independent , and almost certainly lacking in creating a broad foundation of technical knowledge . There are 3 categories to qualify for the USPTO registration exam patent bar . Category A is the one you are alluding to it requires a BACHELOR ' s degree in one of the fields listed . Even within those , Computer Science people have to provide additional proof . Other soft science bachelor ' s , hard science graduate degrees , or any combination thereof are irrelevant . Skipping Category B for a moment . There is Category C . You can qualify for the patent bar by passing the fundamentals of engineering exam FE . To qualify for the FE in 49 states you need to be within one year of earning an engineering bachelor ' s , or have already received an engineering bachelor ' s . Therefore , this is not really of any help . However , in New Hampshire , anyone can take the FE exam . So , if having that PhD necessitated learning all of the same technical knowledge , passing the exam should be of no concern . Finally , there is Category B . Essentially , if a student were to have completed a large number of hard science classes in UNDERGRAD , but received a degree in something unrelated , they can send their transcripts and course descriptions . There are multiple combinations of classes offered for this option . If I remember correctly , they demand minimum credits of some combination of mathphysics , chemistry , or engineering in varying credit amounts . If you think I sound skeptical of graduate hard science degrees , you are correct . Getting 128 credits in a large array of classes and topics is vastly different than 25 credits and a thesis on one subject .