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Authored by: jjs on Sunday, June 09 2013 @ 09:05 PM EDT |
You ask a good question - unfortunately, I don't have a good
answer, other than the USPTO makes money on granting patents,
and has an inherent incentive to grant "broad" and "vague"
patents because of that. And the Federal Circuit has so far
seemed to feel that if you can get words on paper it's a
valid patent (despite what the Supremes say).
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Authored by: ukjaybrat on Monday, June 10 2013 @ 09:08 AM EDT |
because patent examiners get paid to do their job, not to do
their job right...
it's the same reason morons graduate from high school every
year. because schools get funding based on their graduation
rates. so failing a student who clearly deserves to fail
does nothing for the school but remove funding. So, schools
will do everything in their power to:
* keep disruptive students in the classrooms instead of
suspending them
* pass students who are not deserving of a passing grade
* police disruptive students in house without contacting the
authorities (in most cases)
This is also a very similar case to graduate students
passing thesis defenses when they probably shouldn't.
Professors get tenure and raises based on how many students
have graduated from under their wings. It doesn't look good
for them (or the school for that matter) when students fail
their defenses.
My point being, just because there is a law or a rule in
place, doesn't make it an effective law or rule...
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