Any EEs or CompEs unemployed or looking for work? Read on. (1 Viewer)

[LDfan]

Hi Folks,
The Patent and Trademark office here in Northern Va is trying to fill approx 500 Patent Examiner positions. The pay is kick-ass and so are the benefits. No I don't work for them but I'm trying to! Several of my friends work there and love it.
If anyone is interested just email me and I can tell you more about these positions.
Just trying to help some fellow HTF members out.
Jeff

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

The PTO is ALWAYS looking for examiners. It's hard to attract good talent in an up market but now they may have a better chance.
It's a civil-service job so the pay may be less than a job in commercial companies. BUT...
They will pay to have you get a JD in their program with George Washington University's law school. They even teach some classes at the PTO so you don't have to drive over there.
Once you have worked there 4 or 5 years, they WAIVE the requirement to take the "patent bar exam" to become a patent attorney. Since this is the toughest exam around (about a 30% pass rate - ask me how I know) this is another great deal.
So after 5 years you become a patent attorney on their dime. This is a hell of a deal. Patent attorneys are, on average, the HIGHEST paid of all attorneys. And the demand for your services is recession-proof. Again, I should know. I got a job as corporate counsel this fall in a down market.

 

[LDfan]

The pay rate seems to be excellent. Someone starting fresh out of school with a lower GPA will start at approx 39k then bumped to 45k in 6 months. Then every year thereafter up and up and up.
My friend has been there for almost 4 years. He started at around 30k and makes 59k right now, 69k in January.
They say after 4-5 years you make approx 80k.
Plus they pay 100% for any graduate schooling or law school. My friend is getting a free ride through Catholic university in DC courtesy of PTO.
Man, I wish I had an engineering degree instead of a biology degree. It's a lot harder to get in there.
Jeff