Fig wrote:

>Welcome to the wonderful world of the US system for software patents. It 
>doesn't matter how bleedin' obvious the idea is, just that they file for 
>it. The PTO doesn't even check for prior art anymore, they seem to be 
>leaving bad patent go through to the courts.
>
Sadly the patent office is pay per APPROVED patent.  They have no 
incentive to research prior art or deny patents since it is literally 
money out of their pocket.

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