Lowering the bar for what can be patented is not the solution to a backlog of applications. The world would be better off with a backlog and fewer high-quality patents than a plethora of bogus patents that should have been rejected.
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Study suggests patent office lowered standards to cope with backlog
The “allowance rate” sharply increased during Obama’s first term.
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