Comment Re:Now the next step... (Score 1) 143
It's not BS.
The USPTO lowered its standards [at the behest of Congress] to lower its standards to reduce its backlog. If an application is denied, it can be refiled [many times]. The only way to truly clear it is to approve it [and toss it into the court system]:
http://www.techdirt.com/blog/i...
$10,000 times 20 is a trivial amount [on a corporate level] compared to an NRE budget for a legit R&D outfit. There seems to be plenty of [unscrupulous] VC money to back such refilings to get something that can be used to [patent] troll others. The first round funding for even a small startup [post angel round] is minimally $10M. This translates into 1,000 refilings.