"The patent office is doing a horrible job at determining which patents to grant." This could also be because, as Charles Duell, the head of the Patent Office

"The patent office is doing a horrible job at determining which patents to grant." This could also be because, as Charles Duell, the head of the Patent Office pointed out at the end of the 19th century, "Everything that can be invented has been invented." ... Okay, so the internet is now telling my that that's probably apocryphal, (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/22779.html http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/22779.html)but it still makes for an amusing quote. And I'm not one to let reality get in the way of humor. :-P