From P. F. Perry
European Patent Office staff warn that increasing workload will result in
their missing “prior art”
(19 February, p 6). Ironically, on the facing page, we
see an account of “tan tattoos” (EP 962 155). Obviously, the staff at the EPO
are too young to remember the late 1960s bikinis with floral cutouts. Perhaps a
solution would be for the EPO to employ some ageing technologists who have seen
most things before.
Victoria
