The arguments presented by Christy, Inc. are so intuitive and so common-sensical that they are bound to be rejected!
A patent holder spends a lot of resources to secure a patent. Then he spends resources to maintain the patent. Then he is forced to defend the patent at the PTAB. Then the PTAB invalidates the patent and thereby admits that the USPTO messed up the first time! And yet, the USPTO and its cash cow, the PTAB, gets to keep ALL the collected monies. There seems to be an obvious incentive for the USPTO to grant patents on all the applications it receives and then collect money again to invalidate them.
WOW! How did our Congress pass the AIA legislation?
We love you AMERICA, but please, please right this tremendous wrong.
jmo
LA