> The patent system needs to be changed in some way It needs a lot of changes. One simple but important fix would be to revert the 1991 budget change that mad

> The patent system needs to be changed in some way It needs a lot of changes. One simple but important fix would be to revert the 1991 budget change that made the USPTO run on fees instead of taxpayer funds. This dramatically increased the incentive to approve shit patents, something borne out in the pre-91 and post-91 data: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/these-experts-figured-out-why-so-many-bogus-patents-get-approved/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/these-experts-fi...