It is a problem on two fronts: 1) The USPTO office is criminally under funded. You have people making $75K being given mere days to sort out a new patent applic

It is a problem on two fronts: 1) The USPTO office is criminally under funded. You have people making $75K being given mere days to sort out a new patent application. 2) Say you even have a PhD in some field. In three years, you may be completely out of your element with new advances. Now think about people who have been there 20 years I think the solutions are fairly simple for software patents Software patents are only valid for 3 years Software patents aren't transferable, they are only licensable and have to be licensed on the same terms to everyone (this means the patent is always owned by the creators) Software patents have to have a dissertation defense where they have to present to multiple examiners. We need people to push back on things that are "Super common prior art thing but on a PDA"