> No more patent trolls or bullying by large corps lawyers. The existing trolls, with existing patents, will be able to continue as long as the courts are fun

> No more patent trolls or bullying by large corps lawyers. The existing trolls, with existing patents, will be able to continue as long as the courts are funded and operating. All a USPTO shutdown would mean is no new patents being issued for some period of time. So a troll would not be able to add a newly issued patent to their warchest for a while, but everything they already have in there remains just as useful as always (as long as the courts are operating).