On 31 December 2020 there were 65 job positions in the Estonian patent Office, divided as follows: 17 in the trade mark department, 17 in the patent department, 12 in the registry department, 15 in the financial and administrative department, 4 in management and directly under the authority of the Director General.
By the end of the year there were 57 employees in the Office. One new officer was employed in 2020. The percentage of voluntary turnover was 1.74.
By the end of the year the average age of the staff was 50 years.
There were 9 male and 48 female employees.
53 employees had higher education and 4 secondary education. From the 53 employees with higher education, 2 had a Doctor’s degree, 43 had a Master’s degree, 6 had a Bachelor’s degree and 2 had secondary specialized education.
By the end of the year 9 employees had worked in the Patent Office for up to 5 years, 10 for 6–10 years, 16 for 11–20 years, 22 for 21–30 years.
2020 best employees
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 Mari-Epp Tirkkonen |
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