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Re:How broken is the USPTO: How is this a patent by bunderbunder on Sunday August 12, 2018 @05:50PM (#17746604)
Even so, it seems that tech patents need to have a shorter time frame. Things move faster now than they did 200 years ago.
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Re:How broken is the USPTO: How is this a patent by mcphage on Sunday August 12, 2018 @11:22PM (#17747842)
Absolutely, and many patents are stupidly broad or obvious. I’m glad the patent office has begun cracking down on “X, but on a computer” patents, because those were all terrible.
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