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Make the prior art fee scale up by number of patent applications submitted by that entity, then. First one's free. Then $100, then start growing at some small-i
by dlwh 13y ago
Make the prior art fee scale up by number of patent applications submitted by that entity, then. First one's free. Then $100, then start growing at some small-ish exponent.
- pbhjpbhj 13y agoThen you get shell companies and such being used for patent filing making it harder to establish who really is in control of the applications.