After completing his legal studies, Ingo Kober began his professional career in 1972 as judge and public prosecutor in Mannheim and Tauberbischofsheim.[1] In 1975 he moved to the Federal German Ministry of Justice (MoJ), where he served until 1982.[1] He then worked for a short time as chief legal policy adviser before returning to the MoJ in November 1982 as head of its "Cabinet and Parliamentary Affairs" department.[1] Subsequently he took charge of personnel and organisation (1985), then of overall administration at the MoJ (1986).[1]
(in German)Ingo Kober, Präsident des Europäischen Patentamts, im Gespräch mit Klaus-Joachim Jenssen, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Sendung vom 06.03.1998 (pdf)