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> Acquiring a patent must cost $0. Can you elaborate on this? Granting a patent doesn't cost $0. (I do like the bond idea, but even today's bad patents are ge
by cheald 13y ago
> Acquiring a patent must cost $0.
Can you elaborate on this? Granting a patent doesn't cost $0.
(I do like the bond idea, but even today's bad patents are generally invalidated on prior art, not on willful negligence or fraud -- I'm not sure a bond would necessarily change anything)
- dllthomas 13y agoThe bond could perhaps let you offload some part of the work of locating prior art to the applicants. I think actual fraud should be punished as actual fraud, but "I attest that I am confident there is no relevant prior art" coupled with a quick google search turning up mountains of prior art should cost them the bond, and that might help reduce the number of junk patent applications, allowing us to process non-junk applications better and faster.