# #Mon Aug 09 11:45:18 CEST 2010 Text__uvQG0KOaEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Einstein\u2019s Application to the Patent Office Text__uvQG0KOaEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=Through the mediation of his friend Marcel Grossmann, Einstein applies for a position as \u201Cengineer, 3rd class\u201D at the Federal Office for Intellectual Property. He starts work six months later, finally putting his major financial worries behind him. From then on he works seven years long, content as a \u201Cpatenting slave.\u201D