Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios View Post
No. The US patent system needs a major overhaul so the vast majority of applications submitted can be sent to /dev/null, the shredder etc. etc. since they're invariably trivialities or invalid; and so it is not left to the courts to separating the wheat from the chaff. Additionally, the USPTO budget could do with a major overhaul so it doesn't actively reward doing a botched job on the part of the USPTO staff (it currently does).
I don't understand. I was under the impression that engineers and scientists at the patent office look over and determine if an idea is good enough for a patent or not. Where do the courts come in except for enforcing the patents?