USPTO
The USPTO, currently headed by nobody following the resignation of Director
Andrei Iancu, grants monopolies on ideas, including algorithms (since
Martin Goetz started it). Under the leadership of
David Kappos it has done nothing substantial to appease critics and limit patent scope. We also wrote on the subject in the following writings.
2007
Reforming USPTO: Patently Absurd – The Video
“Open Source“ to USPTO’s Rescue?
Patent Madness Watch: When USPTO Becomes Incompatible with Consumers’ Needs
USPTO: Eliminating Young Companies While Defending Abuse by Giants
The Latest Patent News: USPTO Reform Attacked, Sun Attacks, Vonage Settles
Video: PBS on USPTO Reform
2008
Does the USPTO Like Its System Broken?
Regrets Over USPTO’s Decision to Permit Software Patents
It Must Be Official: The USPTO is (Brain) Dead
USPTO As Broken as Always, Proof Herein
ISO: The New USPTO (and It’s Not a Compliment)
Software Patents Roundup: EPO, USPTO and Acacia
Patents Roundup: High Court Imposes a USPTO on the UK-IPO, INNOVA~1 Goes Backwards
Acacia Buys Google Kryptonite, USPTO Urged to Change
Signs That USPTO Should RIP: Company/Individual Patents the Mobile Computer
Patent News Roundup: USPTO Madness, Novell’s Role, and Patent Shame
USPTO Hall of Shame, Blackboard’s Setback and the Art of Not Sharing
Microsoft Sued Over Patents Again, Linus Complains, USPTO Welcomes P2Patent
Fixing the Problem at Its Core — USPTO and Lobbying
Patents Roundup: Linux, India, Microsoft, the Trolls, and the USPTO
Data and Signals Seen as Patentable in the USPTO
Microsoft Seeks to Own Page-flipping, Using the Broken USPTO
2009
Robbery in the USPTO, More Software Patent Lawsuits, and Rise in ODF’s Popularity
Patents Roundup: Red Hat Again; EPO and USPTO Debated
David Kappos Can Reprimand IBM for Mocking the USPTO’s Intelligence
Microsoft’s Patent Megatroll is Boosting for the USPTO
New USPTO Director to Be Appointed, Bad News for Freedom
Patents Roundup: Bilski, USPTO and Justice for the Rich Only; ‘Community’ Patent and ‘Harmonisation’ in Europe
USPTO’s David Kappos Starts Blog, Should Read Blogs Also
Patents Roundup: Red Hat, Former USPTO Commissioner on Patent Demise, and WIPO Notes
USPTO Leaves People Dead. Is the Intellectual Monopoly Doctrine Practically Dead Too?
USPTO Implicitly Admits It’s Broken
2010
USPTO is Imperialistic
David Kappos Does Not Understand Why the USPTO is Broken
USPTO Receives Overwhelming Opposition to Software Patents
Bilski Decision Likely Released This Monday, USPTO Urgently Needs a Reform
David Kappos (USPTO Head) Declines to be Part of the ACTA Treaty Fiasco, Won’t Respond
Patents Roundup: Cracks in the USPTO, Patent Trolls, and More About Theora
Eye on Patents: The USPTO is Failing
Novell Continues to Exploit Broken USPTO and Collect Even More Software Patents
“The USPTO Has Blown Smoke and Lived in a World of Denial and Obfuscation”
USPTO Wants Feedback About Post-Bilski Guidelines, EPO Might Let Monsanto Patent Life
Federal Government Less Patents-Friendly Than USPTO, Apple’s Embargo Attempt (With Patents) Fails ITC Judgment
Bogus Oracle Patents, Broken USPTO, Apple’s Patent Aggression, and Acacia Gets More Money to Troll
FSF and EFF Challenge Software Patents at the USPTO, Nature (Journal) Wants EPO to be Like USPTO, and Patent Trolls Roam Free in Land of the Free
USPTO Starts Rejecting Software Patents While Germany Mistakenly Overrides the Law and Approves Microsoft’s
Patents Roundup: USPTO Workshop, Bilski Action, and Patents-Imposed Death
Patents Roundup: USPTO Changes, New Zealand’s Law Ambiguity, Facebook and Apple Sued
Patents Roundup: USPTO Grants Patents on Hotdogs and Harbours Pyramid Schemes, EPO in Transition, and Apple Turns Nasty
Obama Finally Slams the USPTO, But Parrots Talking Point from Microsoft and Intellectual Monopolists
Patents Roundup: ACTA Inevitability Claimed, USPTO Patently Failing, China Against Patents in Standards, Monsanto in Court
2011
USPTO Ridiculed
USPTO: Not a Joke, But Sure Looks Like One
USPTO’s Violation of the First Amendment, Competition Laws, and Spirit of Creation
USPTO Drives American Software Developers Away to Other Countries
The USPTO Has Gone Corrupt
EPO More Popular/Responsive Than the USPTO
Latest Evidence That the USPTO is Morbidly Ill, Costing the Economy; Real Reform Likely
Patents Roundup: Patent Lawyers, USPTO ‘Thieves’, Apple, and Microsoft
USPTO Has Patents Blocking American Innovation, Brainwashed European Minority Wants to Emulate This Mess
Cablegate: USPTO, JPO, and EPO Prepare a Global Patent System
Patents Roundup: Twitter and Amazon, Microsoft and Apple, USPTO and SCOTUS
The Patent System — USPTO in Particular — Comes Under More Fire
Head of the USPTO is Confused, Defends Software Patents and Patent Trolls
USPTO is Driving Away Businesses to Countries Like New Zealand, US-based Multinationals Attack New Zealand With Imperialistic Patent Lobbying to Assimilate Policies
The EPO Goes Down the Same Abyss as the USPTO
Cablegate: Importing the USPTO Into Europe, Using the ‘EU Patent’
With Failure to Reform USPTO, Grim Future for Patent Systems Worldwide
Latest Examples of the Failure of the USPTO, With Emphasis on Software Patents
New Cracks in the US Patent System
Cost of Patent Trolls Studied as Acceptance of USPTO Falls, Developers Complain Even in Press Releases
2012
USPTO Imperialists Want Their Ponzi Scheme imposed by IPONZ
The US Patent System Shows More Weaknesses
With IBM Executive Running the USPTO, IBM Tops Patent Monopolists List
New Evidence Arrives to Support Patent System Overhaul While EFF Pressures Congress
In the Age of Defective Patent Systems, Google Receives Patents to Defend Android From Lawsuits
Perspectives on the USPTO and Software Patents
Life Still Patentable in the US
Kappos/IBM Part of the Patent Monopolies Disease, Enabling Cartels
USPTO and SCOTUS Abducted by Corporations
Patents Roundup: Microsoft Front the BSA Promotes Software Patents, Kappos Helps the Rotten System
David Kappos Quits, USPTO is Headless
SCOTUS Can Show Support for Public Interests by Stopping USPTO’s Systemic Corruption
USPTO Sued as the System Collapses Under the Weight of Trolls, Monopolists, and Lawyers/Politicians
USPTO Continues to Fail Where India is Succeeding
USPTO is Broken, Evidence is Abundant
2013
Quantity Over Quality, or Why the US Permits Software Patenting
USPTO Denies the Option of Eliminating Software Patents and Other Controversial Patents
USPTO Antagonises Change, Apple Continues to Lean on Patents and Trademarks
FRAND Quite Likely the First Casualty at USPTO, Not Patents (Directly)
Patent System Errors of Scope
USPTO ‘Debate’ Already Rigged by Patent Lawyers
USPTO Drives Business Out of the US
USPTO in Doubt
Apple Keeps Losing Patent Cases, Now Pursues Trademarks on Designs!
USPTO Approves Another ‘Slide to Unlock’ Sham
USPTO Shows That It Wants to Go Global
USPTO Patents Are Comedy, EFF Strives to Change That
Federal Reserve Economists Want to Abolish USPTO, Unrest Reaches Unprecedented Levels Due to Patent Trolls
USPTO’s Software Patents ‘Roundtable’ is Rigged
USPTO a Driver of Patent Trolls, Drives Innovation and Sharing Out of the US
USPTO Selling Lives
No Genuine Debates About Real Patent Reform, Just Covert Patent Expansion
USPTO Drives Linux Phones Out of the United States, US Citizens Speak Out Against Software Patents, Politicians Concerned
Groklaw’s Good Suggestions for the USPTO, China Follows USPTO’s Mistake
USPTO and Lundberg Deceive the Public on Patents
USPTO Worse Than Before With First-to-File System, Microsoft’s Patent List Meaningless
Apple’s Case Against Android May Collapse as USPTO Reaffirms Incompetence
USPTO is Out of Control and Needs to be Rebooted (or Booted Out)
Microsoft and BSA Among Participants in USPTO-Organised Biased ‘Debate’ About Software Patents
The SCOTUS-endorsed USPTO’s Bet Against Public Life and the Bribery for Patent Policy
The Steep Decline of the Patent System: Scope Expanded While Barriers Lowered, USPTO Promotes Yet More Patenting
When GNU/Linux Backers Can’t Tell the USPTO That It’s Broken, Software Patents Illegitimate
White House Should Identify USPTO as the Problem, Not Patent Trolls
USPTO to be Partly Headed by Google Executive
2014
USPTO Still a Sham; Microsoft, Apple and IBM Still Part of the Problem and Google/Linux a Common Victim
David Kappos Fatally Killed Quality at the USPTO and Killed Fairness in Industries as a Result
‘Hope’ and ‘Change’ in Reverse: USPTO Gets Even More Extremist With New White House Appointment
White House Backs Away From Appointing Patents Zealot to Top USPTO Position
USPTO Officially Sets New Guidelines to Limit Scope of Software Patents in the United States
Investigation Reveals That USPTO is Corrupt, Time to Abolish It or Annul Nearly a Million Patents
The USPTO is Broken: New Evidence Presented
2015
Growing Resistance to Software Patents in the US While USPTO Expected to Review Subject Matter Eligibility
Alice Case Beats Microsoft Patent Troll, USPTO Director Michelle Lee Wants Reform
Wanted: USPTO Whistleblowers
USPTO Watch: Patent Bubbles, Patents on Life, and No Prior Art Search
Impact of Software Patents and Excessive/Unregulated Profit Motives at USPTO: Now Even Common Encryption (i.e. Computer Security) Under Patent Attacks
Witnessing the Patent Mess That the USPTO Created
2016
Technology Companies at CES Lash Out at the USPTO for Enabling 'Extortion Rackets'
Why the Corporations-Leaning US Political System Does Not and Will Not Help Resolve the Patent Chaos
USPTO Doubled the Number of Granted Patents in Just a Few Years, Demonstrating Very Sharp Decline in Patent Quality
The Greedy USPTO Leaves Loopholes, “Per Se”, for Patenting of Software in the United States Despite the Alice Case
Software Patents in the US -- When Properly Challenged in an Age of Extreme USPTO Leniency -- Simply Die
USPTO Still a Fine Mess, ITC Restricted as Sanctions/Embargo Enforcer
The United States Still Has Software Patents Because of USPTO Greed, Incapacity for Criticism/Change
Criticisms of the Patent System of the United States, Which is Imposed on the Rest of the World Using Corporate Lobbyists and Attracts or Creates Patent Trolls
USPTO Ignores a Lot of Cases Against Software Patents to Justify Resumption of More Software Patenting
The Circus of Patent 'Reporting' (by Omission) on the Subject of Software Patents in the US and USPTO Bias
IBM, Google and Microsoft Patent Stockpiles Demonstrate That Today’s US Patent System Exists for Billionaires, Not for Inventors
Fourth-Busiest Quarter for Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), Which Invalidates Software Patents That USPTO Foolishly or Selfishly Granted
The End of an Era at the USPTO as Battistelli-Like (EPO) Granting Policies Are Over
Large Corporations' Lobbyist David Kappos Disgraces Former Employer USPTO by Meddling in Their Affairs on Software Patents, Downplaying the Supreme Court
Internal USPTO Documents Reveal a Battle and Protest Over Software Patenting
USPTO Fraud Accusations and the 'Coverup' Attempt by USPTO Circles Inside the Corporate Media
USPTO Director Michelle K. Lee Reportedly on Her Way Out, US Patent Reform Put on Hold
Director Lee's USPTO Managed to Drain the Swamp Filled by David Kappos and His Colleagues, But Trump Will Likely Dismiss Her Soon
USPTO Echo Chamber That Lacks Actual Software Professionals Deciding on Patentability of Software
The USPTO Helps Large Businesses Crush Small Businesses
2017
Doomsday Scenario in the Back Mirror as Michelle Lee Keeps Her Job (and Much-Needed Patent Reform) at the USPTO
Michelle Lee, USPTO Director, Should Recognise That the Patent Microcosm is Her Enemy Which Hates Her
Matt Levy (Computer and Communications Industry Association) Welcomes Michelle Lee as USPTO Director
Yes, Michelle Lee is Still in Charge of the US Patent Office, in Spite of the Patent Microcosm's Endless Attacks on Her
USPTO Shoots Itself in the Foot by Granting a Patent on Paper Bag
The US Patent Office (USPTO) Should Now be Headed by Drew Hirshfeld, a Patent Examiner Who Rose to the Top, Not a Lawyer Like Joseph Matal
The USPTO Report on Section 101 is Somewhat Farcical as Input Comes From the Patent Microcosm, Not Producing Companies
The Section 101 USPTO 'Debate' (for a 'Report') is a Bunch of Lawyers Debating Among Themselves, No Engineers/Scientists Involved
To Save Face, USPTO Ought to Stop Granting Software Patents Altogether
Donald Trump Wants a Patent Maximalist in Charge of the USPTO
Trump's USPTO Nominee is a Supporter of Software Patents
Unless Physical, Inventions Are No Longer Patent-Eligible in US Courts, But USPTO Ignores Precedence
USPTO Starts Discriminating Against Poor People, and Does So Even When They Rightly Point Out Errors
Wilbur Ross, Connected to Putin's Direct Family, Puts Iancu (Patent Microcosm) in Charge of the USPTO
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is Calling for Greater Transparency at USPTO and US Patent Courts
Next Director of the USPTO Parrots Talking Points of Patent Extremists and Their Lobbyists
Andrei Iancu in Charge of the United States Patent Office (USPTO) Would be a Patent Microcosm Coup
2018
Top Rank at USPTO Goes to the Biggest Patent Bully, IBM
USPTO May Get a New Director Tomorrow, But It's Not Good News
Andrei Iancu's Firm Has a History Working With Trump, But Senate Says OK to Him Becoming USPTO Director
The Campaign to Subvert the US Patent Office by Misrepresenting Its Successes
Andrei Iancu Begins His USPTO Career While Former USPTO Director (and Now Paid Lobbyist) Keeps Meddling in Office Affairs
Anonymous USPTO Whistleblower Explained Internal Management Affairs Last Month
USPTO Will Have a Crisis of Legitimacy If Its Officials Work as Lobbyists and Cooperate With Villainous Think Tanks
The USPTO Has a Nepotism and Lobbying Problem That Jeopardises the Rationality of US Patent Law
USPTO Has a 'Revolving Doors' Problem
Post-AIA, Post-Alice/§ 101 USPTO Still Granting Software Patents in Defiance of the (Case)Law
When the USPTO Grants Patents in Defiance of 35 U.S.C. § 101 the Courts Will Eventually Squash These Anyway
In Spite of Resistance From the Patent Microcosm the USPTO Strives to Improve Patent Quality
Patent Microcosm and New USPTO Director Against Patent Quality Assurance
USPTO Craziness: Changing Rules to Punish PTAB Petitioners and Reward Microsoft for Corruption at ISO
If David Chiles Turned the USPTO Into a ‘Microsoft Shop’ That Might Explain Three Days (or More) of Outages
The USPTO Still Down (for Nearly a Week): Multiple Systems Not Accessible
The USPTO's New Strategic Plan Should be to Keep Services Available and Actually Explain a Week's Downtime
The Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) Needs to Instruct the Patent Office to Stop Treating Applicants as Customers/Clients
USPTO FEES ACT Makes the US Patent Office a Money-Making Machine That Systematically Disregards Patent Quality
The USPTO is Hopeless, Unlike Patent Courts That Have Become the Target of Ridicule by the Patent 'Industry'
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Under Andrei Iancu Subjected to an Assault on Patent Quality
The USPTO's Principal Issue is Abstract Patents (or Patent Scope), Not Prior Art Searches
USPTO FEES Act/SUCCESS Act Gives More Powers to Director Iancu, Supplying Patents for Litigation 'Business' and Embargo (ITC)
USPTO Under Iancu: Making Patents Low Quality (Again)
PTAB- And Court-Bashing USPTO Director Consistent With 'Presidential' Behaviour in Age of Donald Trump
The USPTO Under Director Andrei Iancu Actively Disses the Courts and Attacks Fundamental Patent Law
Andrei Iancu and Laura Peter Are Two Proponents of Patent Trolls at the Top of the USPTO
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Must Be Based on Justice, Not Profits
Patent Trolls, USPTO Director Andrei Iancu and Section 101
2019
Number of Patent Applications, Not Just Number of Patent Grants, Continues to Slide in the United States
USPTO Director Iancu Works for Anti-SCOTUS (Against Section 101) Lobbyists
Director Iancu Generally Viewed as a Lapdog of Patent Trolls
Where the USPTO Stands on the Subject of Abstract Software Patents
Just Published: Irrational Ignorance at the Patent Office
Technology Groups Implore the Deplorable Patent Office of Iancu and Trump
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) 'Disses' Iancu's Guidance on 35 U.S.C. § 101, Sides With the Supreme Court (Alice) and Caselaw
USPTO and EPO Both Slammed for Abandoning Patent Quality and Violating the Law/Caselaw in Order to Grant Illegitimate Patents on Life/Nature and Mathematics
USPTO and EPO: Call Software Patents 'Hey Hi' ('AI') and Use Microsoft Software (or Else!)
USPTO Rewards Microsoft for Corruption at ISO by Teaching People Proprietary OOXML and Promoting Its Use
2020
Invalid Patents 'Great Again'?
2021
As Andrei Iancu Removes Himself From the Patent and Trademark Office All Eyes Are on Biden’s Next Nomination
Conflict of Interest: Microsoft and IBM Controlling the USPTO and Leaving GNU/Linux Users Shut Out (in the Cold)
USPTO for Monopolies, Keeping GNU/Linux in the Dark
USPTO Promotes Microsoft Monopoly and Proprietary Software
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Has a Deep Revolving Doors Crisis (Former Officials Cashing in as Lobbyists and Private Sector Actors)
Challenging David Kappos, Seeking Accountability Over His Corporate Legacy as IBM/Microsoft 'Mole' Inside the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Meme: 12 Years of Corporate Deplorables Running the USPTO
Microsoft-Captured USPTO Doubles the Fines for Patent Applicants That Don't Use Microsoft
President Biden Wants to Put Microsofter in Charge of the Patent Office, Soon to Penalise Patent Applicants Who Don’t Use Microsoft’s Proprietary Formats
2022
Microsoft is 'Taking Over' USPTO Like It Did at EPO
As Microsoft Vidal Takes Over USPTO the Push Towards Microsoft's Proprietary and Defective Formats Takes the Next Step
Microsoft Vidal Does Not Want to Listen (USPTO is Just for Megacorporations)
Microsoft Vidal, as USPTO Director, Already Plays ‘Political Cards’ to Disguise and Deflect Away From the Corporate Agenda
Heads of Patent Offices Are Immune to Coronavirus
Remember Who Biden's Administration Put in Charge of the US Patent Office
