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waqf on Feb 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft's 2003 patent application for the "Is No...

I agree that GP overstated the problem, but I think you understate it. The USPTO systematically and recklessly grants patents that should not be issued.

monochromatic on Feb 17, 2012 [–]

I think most patent grants are reasonable enough... the problem is that HN only ever hears about the really egregious cases.

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