patent clerk

Invention paperwork handler

A patent clerk is an administrative worker in a patent office who processes applications for patents, examining paperwork and maintaining records.

The position is associated with Albert Einstein, who developed his theory of relativity while working as a patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland: He spent his days as a patent clerk, his nights revolutionizing physics.

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typewriter · stamp · filing · applications · inventions · Einstein · special relativity · theory of relativity · Swiss · Bern · examiner · civil servant · government job · nine to five · mundane · obscurity · documents · pen

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Creator of original devices

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One who fakes currency

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