Patent office workers played hooky, cheated the government out of millions

The Washington Post 2016-09-01

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Thousands of employees who review patents for the federal government potentially cheated taxpayers out of at least $18.3 million as they billed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for almost 300,000 hours they never worked, according to a new investigation. The Post's Lisa Rein tells you more.

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