Patent examiner

A patent examiner (or, historically, a patent clerk^[1]) is an employee, usually a civil servant with a scientific or engineering background, working at a patent office.

^ The title "patent clerk" is used for instance in Gary Stix, The Patent Clerk's Legacy, Scientific American, September 2004 (an article about Albert Einstein).

[1] The title "patent clerk" is used for instance in Gary Stix, The Patent Clerk's Legacy, Scientific American, September 2004 (an article about Albert Einstein).

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