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Re:Evidence of regulatory capture of patent examiners by pwg on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @06:57AM (#17177982)
The USPTO also bars former examiner's from working as an attorney on cases in the area in which they previously examined for two years after they leave the USPTO. I do not know how carefully this rule is enforced.
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Re:Evidence of regulatory capture of patent examiners by patentatt on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @10:05AM (#17179246)
Good point, I think it’s really on the honor system with the threat of invalidating a patent in some later litigation.
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