[Meme] European Patent Office (EPO) Pyramid Scheme
THIS is the gist of it. The take-home tidbit. And this is why the rich keep getting richer (more monopolies as a matter of high-level policy).
Based on internal data, 10 years later it seems like (while obviously) staff aged by about 10 years and no new people (or barely any) were being hired, despite growing workload, the average age of staff went up by about 10 years. It's like a dying, perishing institution that isn't interested in actual patent examination (that's being phased out for profit), only patent granting for an illegal, unconstitutional kangaroo court (where lousy patents are presumed valid). █