The revolving door between Government regulatory jobs and positions in the very businesses regulated is pretty well-established at this point. I'd like to see some evidence to back up that assessment with regards to the US PTO, but it certainly doesn't strike me as unlikely.
>it certainly doesn't strike me as unlikely. //
FWIW it strikes me as absurdly unlikely.
Can you describe the methodology of the examiner turned attorney, how do they make money from this?