This doesn't really go far enough. It's doesn't address the more basic problems of a for-profit patent office (the USPO has been required to be self-sustaining

This doesn't really go far enough. It's doesn't address the more basic problems of a for-profit patent office (the USPO has been required to be self-sustaining since Bush), nor does it address unfair practices of high upfront and ongoing renewal costs and worse, the inherently unfair practice of being able to buy expedited service. It is also counter productive to shorten the time span of patents b/c it means all the money required to develop it has to be recouped very quickly. Better to have longer periods, but with clearer and stricter requirements for what is actually patentable.