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What is it with theses patent clerks [1]? [1] https://www.ige.ch/en/about-us/the-history-of-the-ipi/einstein/einstein-at-the-patent-office https://www.ige.ch/e
by ur-whale 5y ago
What is it with theses patent clerks [1]?
[1] https://www.ige.ch/en/about-us/the-history-of-the-ipi/einstein/einstein-at-the-patent-office https://www.ige.ch/en/about-us/the-history-of-the-ipi/einste...
- btrettel 5y agoFormer patent examiner here. The job of a patent examiner can be quite stressful, and I don't think it's particularly amenable to making breakthroughs. At the end of the day I rarely felt like working on personal projects as I was too drained. Einstein and Goto might have had a lot more energy than I do. Alternatively, it could simply be that the huge number of patent examiners (about 10,000 current USPTO patent examiners from what I understand) means that at least a few of them will do something astounding.
- cardiffspaceman 5y agoMy wife has 28 cousins which I jokingly say means, they include one of everything. Such as airline pilots, or priests.