Prior art much? It's fascinating how the system feeds on itself and frivolous "inventions" are patented to protect companies from similarly frivolous claims (an

Prior art much? It's fascinating how the system feeds on itself and frivolous "inventions" are patented to protect companies from similarly frivolous claims (and also that the patent office grants them). Of course, none of this is new, but the issue continues to manifest itself and waste billions of dollars in settlements to frivolous litigation threats and to support the whole legal machinery associated with patents.