EPO Leak: Staff Representatives for Munich, Haar and Brussels Explain How the EPO Reduces Examiners' Salaries (While Breaking the Law to Profit From Illegitimate Patents)
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[Meme] EPO Job Interview

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 05, 2024

There's an attack on what it means to be a patent examiner.

EPO: Why do you want to work for us? To study patent applications based on scientific principles; EPO: To study patent applications based on scientific principles

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