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Putting Yourself in the Shoes of a Patent Examiner [pdf]
- metaphor 9y agoAny resident patent examiners care to comment on how the pre-2010 production system was internally gamed? Current system? USPTO looks to be openly recruiting patent examiners[1] from the following engineering disciplines: electrical, computer, mechanical, biomedical, industrial. Locations constrained to Alexandria, San Jose, and Denver...all high cost-of-living cities. No listings for Dallas or Detroit. Which brings up one pay scale[2] regardless of locality. Even if GS-0576-13 is non-competitive promotion potential, compensation strikes me as busted, especially for San Jose. [1] https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/?hp=public&k=Patent%20Examiner&p=1 https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/?hp=public&k=Patent%20Examine... [2] https://apps.opm.gov/SpecialRates/2017/Table057601012017.aspx https://apps.opm.gov/SpecialRates/2017/Table057601012017.asp...