USPTO Issues 8,000,000th Patent 108
toybuilder writes "It took nearly 80 years for the first 1 million patents to issue in the U.S. On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued its eight-millionth patent. This most recent 1 million patents took only about 5 years."
Sue! (Score:4, Funny)
Oddly, it was a patent for a method of issuing patents given to a small legal firm, who then filed a lawsuit against the Patent Office.
Re:Wow all these inventions! (Score:4, Funny)
All those patents are useful and unique - right?
Right. According to IP industry insiders, what we need is a Patent Stimulus to end the recession [mises.org]
The nice thing about this Patent Stimulus Plan is that it will cost only a small fraction of the amount of money we have already wasted on failed economic stimulus. What we need to do is have President Obama issue an Executive Order directing the Patent Office to start allowing patents. A 42% allowance rate during the first quarter of 2009 is wholly unacceptable. So while you are at it President Obama, order the Patent Office to issue a patent UNLESS there is a reason to deny it.
Re:Wow all these inventions! (Score:3, Funny)
It would also be awesome (as in amazing, unbelievable) if you would your verbs.