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> its not government funded It's not the user fee model that's broken, it's the revenue basis. Maybe it would be more effective if they tripled the filing cos

> its not government funded It's not the user fee model that's broken, it's the revenue basis. Maybe it would be more effective if they tripled the filing cost and if you successfully obtain the patent (it's rejected by the patent officers), you get half back.

freejazz 2mo ago
That surely wouldn't benefit incumbent large organizations against small time inventors
- dnautics 2mo ago
  it's been a while since the patenting system benefit small time inventors
  - freejazz 2mo ago
    Sure, why not make it more difficult, then?