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A Day in the Life of a Patent Examiner

Posted by michael on from the turkey-day dept.

ahdkd writes "Forbes has an older article which describes the world of patent examining: Search 500,000 Documents, Review 160,000 Pages In 20 Hours, And Then Do It All Over Again. Might help people understand the USPTO and patents in general a little better."

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  1. Now it all makes sense by grasshoppa · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Search 500,000 Documents, Review 160,000 Pages In 20 Hours,

    Is THAT why they suck at what they do?

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  2. full map is still in progress, right? by michajoe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Looks like their webserver is busy building the full version of the map.