# Lord Il Palazzo, Patent Examiner **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-il-palazzo-patent-examiner/440962 "2008-03-11T14:20:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-il-palazzo-patent-examiner/440962/1 "2008-03-11T14:20:50Z")
I just wanted to share some recent good news. I didn’t have a chance to post this sooner as I was down in New Orleans for a week for Spring Break. Almost a year ago, a friend of a friend mentioned to me the possibility of getting a job with the US Patent and Trademark Office. As a senior in college, any possible lead on a job is greatly appreciated and when I heard the job described to me, it’s like something in my mind clicked. It was like a little voice in my mind heard the job description and said “Aha! That’s what I want to do!” After two separate and unrelated interviews, repeated contact back and forth with the friend of a friend and months of waiting, I received a call and a job offer last week. I promptly accepted. Now, I’m an aerospace engineering major and according to the people I interviewed with, there aren’t very many slots for aerospace patent examiners. This is no problem, almost any engineering major can be hired as a mechanical patent examiner. The great part of the offer I accepted is this; It was for a job as an aerospace patent examiner and was for about $11,000 more starting salary than I expected. Hurray! The job hunt is over! Now all I’ve got to do is graduate. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-il-palazzo-patent-examiner/440962/2 "2008-03-11T15:19:37Z")
High five! Say, what do you think this rash on my thigh might be? Oh, sorry, I thought you said \*patient \* examiner. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-il-palazzo-patent-examiner/440962/3 "2008-03-11T15:22:13Z")
So, now you have something in common with Einstein, right? Congratulations. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-il-palazzo-patent-examiner/440962/4 "2008-03-11T15:32:16Z")
That’s SO cool! I know one EU Patent Examiner and he’s got the weirdest stories. People submit some… interesting things. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-il-palazzo-patent-examiner/440962/5 "2008-03-11T15:54:56Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] That’s SO cool! I know one EU Patent Examiner and he’s got the weirdest stories. People submit some… interesting things. [/QUOTE] I don’t know how many will come through the aerospace department but I’m definitely hoping to see a few of those. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-il-palazzo-patent-examiner/440962/6 "2008-03-11T15:57:39Z")
Oh, I’m sure your coworkers from other sections will share things like what he describes. For example that contraption which was a sort of strap-on mechanical arm for patting yourself on the back when you do well 8) Eminently shareable.