As I have posted here before, there was an IPR process in place before the current one. Just a different iteration & there were other forms before that as well. While there are differences, it's just all political. The bottom line is they are gov't agencies & as always, when it comes to gov't agencies, it's all about money. Simply follow the money. There will always be corruption, especially in the case of patents where there is so much money at stake & the control of whats gonna be, is in the hands of the gov't agencies. They wield too much power. So all this talk about reform is just blah blah blah... All they do is "re form" to fit political agendas, change program names & create more fees. If it was privatized, it might be better, but still subject to corruption. To the point where the watchdogs need watchdogs & they need watchdogs. This is why you see decisions that don't make alot of sense. You gotta luv it when the USPTO, who so many here kept insisting we must keep looking to all the time & expertise they were expending, with all their alledged great diligence to come up with fully vetted patent approval decisions, and then, when those who have alot to lose pay them enough fee money, then these so called decisions get easily overturned by the same folks who made them in the 1st, place and later are found to have numerous major conflicts of interest. Who woulda thunk it? Duh.
