> The USPTO, for example, has all sorts of rules governing the administrative process of getting a patent. But it doesn’t have the power to make or change paten

> The USPTO, for example, has all sorts of rules governing the administrative process of getting a patent. But it doesn’t have the power to make or change patent law. It can’t make legislative decisions, such as deciding that patents should be valid for a longer or shorter amount of time. This is true of every other agency as well. They can changes rules, not laws and the rules do not supersede the law.