Re: USPTO hiring practices

Bruce Hayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> Alun wrote:
> 
>> I could not work there anyway. I'm not a US citizen. Aliens can work
>> for the FBI and the Treasury, but not the PTO, and can work for the
>> defence department, but not for private defence contractors. Go
>> figure. 
> 
> You mean that all of those examiners who cannot speak English very
> well are citizens?  They must allow then naturalized citizens,
> since in my experience, the ability of examiners to speak and
> understand English has declined markedly since I was admitted
> to the USPTO 12 years ago.  (With apologies to examiners, and
> former examiners).

Yes, it's a laugh isn't it? My first language is, of course, English, but 
I couldn't be an examiner, and yet a naturalised US citizen from Saigon 
who can barely speak the language can work there (my apologies for picking 
on Vietnam).