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==Problems with Current Patent System==
*Many patents are approved because [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] examiners don’t have time or resources to search all the relevant references
**The current patent backlog, as of January 2016, is 561,585.[http://www.uspto.gov/dashboards/patents/main.dashxml]
**Total Pendency, time between patent filing and patent action, is 26.1 months, as of January 2016.[http://www.uspto.gov/corda/dashboards/patents/main.dashxml?CTNAVID=1004]
