Patently Absurd - SciFri on Crazy Patents and USPTO Culture
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| She outlines some great examples of absurd patents, from methods of
| surgery and medical diagnosis to the style of a basketball player's
| slam-dunk - examples that anybody can grasp as clearly absurd.
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| What's new and rarely reported on is stories about the culture at
| the USPTO that helps perpetuate these problems. Did you know that
| patent attorneys make a bonus for every case that's closed,
| effectively being penalized for not accepting every patent that
| they can? How about that the USPTO handed out "We're the PatentO
| ffice, Not the Rejection Office" T-Shirts?
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http://technocrat.net/d/2006/12/4/11739
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