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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. darn by Billly+Gates · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well there goes my idea for patening a repetition structure with something called a do/while loop. I guess I have to work for my money like everyone else. BAHWAWA!

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