TheGuyAboveYou - 4:32 pm on Aug 12, 2005 (gmt 0)

The patent office tries to stop the so called "submarine patent". People file patents and sit on them knowing that they can pop up later and start collecting.

The patent office is bogged down with worthless patents and common sense patents. Not a lot of original or innovative things. Companies file everything these days.

Just becase the patent office gives you a patent doesn't mean you have any right to collect any money. The courts can decide wether the patent has any real value or not. Just because some bozo at the patent office gave it to you means nothing. The guys at the patent office don't even understand what they are reading half the time. All the talented people are out designing stuff not sitting around approving patents.
I should know I have three patents that are worthless myself.

They should have stuck it out.