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Post issuance maintenance fees are a good thing. They encourage patent owners to abandon patents earlier than their maximum term (20 years after filing) if the

Post issuance maintenance fees are a good thing. They encourage patent owners to abandon patents earlier than their maximum term (20 years after filing) if they don't want them any more.

amelius 8y ago
But that doesn't change the fact that the original incentives for the USPTO are wrong.
- dahart 8y ago
  1- Why? 2- Isn’t having to pay troll deterrent? 3- How would you fix it?