that's what i was thinking. to me, it is a symptom of the broken patent system. when i see a patent, it is often for something rather obvious. it was my underst

that's what i was thinking. to me, it is a symptom of the broken patent system. when i see a patent, it is often for something rather obvious. it was my understanding that patents were to be for actually novel improvements, not just some improvement that if people in the industry thought for a second on they'd come up with it too.