Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat

Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by belorn on Friday October 23, 2015 @08:14AM (#10438078)

How is it that the USPTO and can issue a faulty government decision, and yet receive no repercussion? If a building inspector fails in his job and a bridge kills a bunch of people, surely it not just the construction contractors that will be blamed but also the government?

Maybe the patent office would do a better job if overturned patents gave ground for suing the government over granting the patent in the first place.

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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by monochromatic on Friday October 23, 2015 @12:31PM (#10439645)

Do trial judges have to pay fines when their decisions are overturned on appeal?

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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by yellowbeard on Friday October 23, 2015 @12:38PM (#10439678)

Maybe they should. MLB has seen significantly better umpiring since linking pay to performance.

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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by striking on Friday October 23, 2015 @09:50AM (#10438492)

You have compared people dying to faulty patents.

What?

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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by belorn on Friday October 23, 2015 @10:34AM (#10438802)

if you don't like comparing USPTO with government building inspectors, feel free to compare them to any other government official of choice.

What about environmental protection official who issues a faulty decision and cause a ecosystem to take significant damage? People do not need to die before we want there to be some responsibility in governmental decisions.

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