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> it'd be nice if more people read patent claims before passing judgement. It'd also be nice if patents were written in a language that made them readily under

> it'd be nice if more people read patent claims before passing judgement. It'd also be nice if patents were written in a language that made them readily understandable. Then more people might read them. I'm sure I'm not the only person who finds them obscure bordering on incomprehensible.

nitrogen 15y ago
If you want more people to read patents, you need to make them more understandable (as you say), and get rid of treble damages for potentially accidental infringement of a patent you "should have" been aware of because you were reading patents.
anigbrowl 15y ago
'Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler.'
- po 15y ago
  Make things as vague as possible while still patentable, and no clearer.
  - anigbrowl 15y ago
    I find them easy to read. It's a style imposed by the need to be exhaustively specific. Just keep at it, you get used to it.