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US Patent Office To Hire 500 New Examiners

Posted by Hemos on from the get-them-in-there dept.

ddillman writes to us with a story from EEtimes that is reporting that the US Government, specifically the PTO, is hiring up to 500 electrical engineers to help assess the validity of new patent claims on technical gadgets. Good - and with the downturn in the high tech industry you can get them cheap.

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  1. Re:frist ps0t? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. LINUX is good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Patents are evil and linux is good. People should stop using patents and start using linux.

    1. Re:LINUX is good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Well said. BTW, Microsoft is evil.

  3. get this cheap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    va linux stock

    as cheap as it gets, only a buck an a quarter!!

    but i know most people will wait till it its a few cents first.

  4. Re:frist ps0t? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Myth: Posting using an account is more likely to make your valuable troll seen on the comments page
    Reality: Slashdot accounts Need Real World Proof Points Rather than Anecdotal Stories