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Re:Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat by TimPC on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @09:13AM (#36212153)
They aren't making a noticeable change to the system at all. This method challenges roughly 350 patents a year while roughly 300,000 patents are granted per year. That's in the area of 0.1% of all patents. I think these numbers are very consistent with the predominant use case being the challenging of bad patents and there are very few examples of people trying to overturn good patents.
Re:Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat by account42 on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:54AM (#36213761)
The percentage of total patents is irrelevant as not all patents are actively abused by patent trolls.