Posted on February 5, 2007 by BioJobBlogger

The USPTO is Looking for a Few Good Men and Women

I was teaching a class on "Start Up and Innovation" last week to a bunch of student enrolled in the SUNY-Stonybrook Biotechnology Certificate Program.  The discussion invariably came back to patents and the patent process. For some reason,scientists are absolutely fascinated by the whole patent thing. For those of you who love science but hate doing labwork, I suggest that consider a job as a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  Sure, a patent examiner's job can be extremely tedious and boring at times but think of the power.  Imagine this....the future of a biotech company can actually rest on your decision to allow or disallow a patent application.  Think of the possible payback to folks who treated you poorly in graduate or high school for that matter.  Ah, the power is intoxicating.

Until next time....

Good Luck and Good Job Hunting!!!!!!!

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