European Patent Office

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Vacancies for Engineers and Scientists

The EPO is currently recruiting patent examiners to work in Munich, The Hague and Berlin.

Who can apply?

Engineers and scientists with sufficient language skills. Please see our required profile section for details.

The job involves searching in online databases, analysing documents, communicating orally and in writing with patent applicants and their attorneys, and then taking decisions on the grant of patents valid in up to 38 European countries.