Z:gnu-www-ja-patent-reform-is-not-enough--162361-Reforms to make the patent sys/en

Reforms to make the patent system work &ldquo;properly&rdquo; would not have prevented this problem. Under the rules of the patent system, this patent seems valid. There was no prior art for it. It is not close to obvious, as the patent system interprets the term. (Like most patents, it is neither worldshaking nor trivial, but somewhere in between.) The fault is in the rules themselves, not their execution.