A federal watchdog is questioning whether patent examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are actually issuing quality patents or if they’re just approving ideas without any real oversight. That’s the suggestion of a scathing new report from the Commerce Department’s Inspector General, which is accusing the agency of approving patents that may not actually deserve it.
federal watchdog is questioning whether patent examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are actually issuing quality patents or if they’re just approving ideas without any real oversight.
That’s the suggestion of a scathing new report from the Commerce Department’s Inspector General, which is accusing the agency of approving patents that may not actually deserve it.
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