[belorn]

I fully agree. While I can see that the original intention with patents are good, the current implementation is beyond salvaging.

Mostly this comes from the patent system being made from 19th century administrative standards. Its basically the oldest type of administrative process that hasn't been fundamentally updated in the last 200 years, and it shows.

*See more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5563289