Re:The PTO has no incentive *not* to grant patents (Score 1)

Not only do they not have incentive, but they do not have the time to search for all prior art. A patent examiner typically has 8-24 hours to review a single patent. If the claim is not made in another patent (something they search) or is clearly something they use, they will likely grant the claim. The costs for a perfect system would be astronmical.