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Director Kappos: "Patent quality equals granting those claims the applicant is
entitled to under our laws."
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/08/director-kappos-patent-quality-equals-granting-those-claims-the-applicant-is-entitled-to-under-our-laws.html
Commerce Secretary, New USPTO Head Suggesting They Want More Patents, Approved
Faster
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| Two separate stories concerning statements from those in charge of the patent
| system suggest that the new administration isn't about to help fix the
| problems in the patent system, but is eagerly looking to make them worse. It
| starts with new USPTO Director David Kappos, who some thought would recognize
| problems with the patent system from his years dealing with those problems at
| IBM. While IBM is a massive patent stockpiler, over the past few years it's
| at least indicated some recognition that the system is broken.
|
| [...]
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| The real problem, which becomes evident in reading the article is that since
| the USPTO is funded based on patent application fees, it has every incentive
| in the world, as an institution, to approve more patents. The more patents it
| approves, the more applications it gets, which means more money as well.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090827/0318266019.shtml
Patent delays harmful to U.S. economy, commerce secretary says
http://www.jsonline.com/business/54199852.html
USPTO: Using Three Knowledge Bases To Diagnose Is Patentable
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090831/0308556054.shtml
Recent:
Minister pleads guilty to stealing $500K from U.S. patent office
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| One of the patent employee's tasks was to process requests for funds from
| customers who had completed the application process, documents said. In his
| guilty plea, Reid said the patent office employee identified accounts that
| had gone dormant. She then changed the name on the accounts to Redeemed Music
| House and wired the cash to the company's bank account.
|
| Court documents show that the patent worker stole a total of $534,338 over 32
| transfers, 27 of which were to Reid. It is unclear from documents where the
| other $80,000 went.
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Minister-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-_500K-from-U_S_-patent-office-8124071-53602837.html
Has the US patent system gone too far?
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| When Samuel Hopkins came up with a method for improving the production of
| potash, it was probably just the kind of invention that President George
| Washington had in mind when he created the US patent system. Hopkins, who in
| 1790 received the first American patent ever issued, had discovered a way to
| increase the production of a critical resource used to make glass, soap, and
| soil fertilizer.
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http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/03/12/has-the-us-patent-system-gone-too-far/
Michael Jackson: Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=MAUgAAAAEBAJ&dq=Michael+Jackson+shoe
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