[DIYbio] patents (was: Mosquito)

On 02/13/2016 09:26 AM, Simon Quellen Field wrote:
> make it easier for the public to challenge patents that are too broad, or that aren't actually innovation. The current system
> defines prior art as prior patents, largely because the patent office does not have the resources to (or the help from the public)
> to do a better job. If the patent office could insist that there was enough information in the patent to reproduce the work, that
> would bring us back the main benefit of the system.
+1, and I think the term of 20 years is too long and the prices for the process are too high, especially since the process is
guarded/led/gate-kept by the consultants that live off the fees.

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