The natural structure of patent systems make them very hard to that increases net value - i.e. The costs to make it good enough to create value are greater than

The natural structure of patent systems make them very hard to that increases net value - i.e. The costs to make it good enough to create value are greater than the incremental value it would give. Reasons: - In terms of brain power / time: The examiners will never have more ability to expose the sub-optimal applications than the people submitting them - i.e. there can't be a 1-to-1 ratio. - In terms of funding: The outside will always have a 2-6 order of magnitude level of funding greater that the patent office - many more...