I believe there's a requirement that the Patent Filing has to completely disclose the invention and that proper prior art research was done.

Yet - when was the last time any penalty (not just a denying of the patent, but an actual penalty on top of that) was applied?

Has one ever been??

Is there even a penalty (other then denial of patent) on the official books???

What is the potential drawback, after all, of someone not conforming to the requirements - other then not being granted the patent????

So the Lawyer earns a fee by the patent-owning-entity for getting the patent granted. The longer the hours put in to get the patent the bigger the fee.

The Lawyer earns more by enforcing the patent.

The chest of gold arrives if the defendant is willing to battle the patent in a Court of Law.

All the benefits and - as you say - no risks.

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• You would lose that bet. - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 05:46 PM EDT