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Patents Pending | A Journal Sentinel Watchdog Update  Patent
office reforms derailed  Reacting to Congress' decision to raid
$100 million from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the
agency's director has thrown the brakes on nearly every one of
its planned internal reforms, triggering new warnings of a
"catastrophic" setback for American innovation, competitiveness
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Destroying the engine of U.S. meritocracy, the Patent Office.
Thank John to you and your editors for staying on this.   2. The
US patent system is completely ineffective today, other than
lining attorneys' coffers as they bilk companies suing each
other over lame claims. C