The Problem With the Patent Office

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A lot of companies are frustrated because they're defending against lawsuits from people who have gotten ahold of one of these superfluous patents and then they're suing people for it. The government's turns the patent office into a profit center, so all the money that we pay prosecuting patents actually becomes profit instead of spending it on improving the patent examiner process. And you can see there were bad actors like in the auto industry, this is well documented.

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