> Too many patents are written in vague legalese that no "person having ordinary skill in the art" would understand. It’s generous to say that it’s just a prob

> Too many patents are written in vague legalese that no "person having ordinary skill in the art" would understand. It’s generous to say that it’s just a problem for someone with “ordinary skill in the art”. I fully expect that patents written in confusing legalese are more likely to get granted, because this makes it hard for examiners, too. I think that if a patent isn’t understandable to an ordinary practitioner, it should be deemed invalid. Reading through software patents, 90% of the effort is understanding what the hell it says. (The other 10% is trying not to scream about the fact this obvious garbage was granted.)