I tend to agree, but the introduction of the Inter Partes Review process at issue in this rule is itself an important counter example. https://en.m.wikipedia.o

I tend to agree, but the introduction of the Inter Partes Review process at issue in this rule is itself an important counter example. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leahy–Smith_America_Invents_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leahy–Smith_America_Invents_... It was introduced not that long ago as part of bipartisan legislation that meaningfully reformed the existing patent system, including by introducing systems like IPR which clearly weaken the rights of patent holders (who have been fighting ever since to overturn it). If the system were utterly irredeemable, reforms like this should never survive.