“Small businesses and inventors have been under attack by Big Tech and large corporations ever since these corporations realized that the little guys are the biggest threat to their monopolies.”
In April, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) requested public input on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM). The Request for Comments (RFC) allowed the public to voice their opinion on the proposed rules, including hundreds of real, authentic inventors.
In the past, US Inventor has asked its members to use their voices and write comments for the USPTO’s requests. Typically, these requests generate at least 100 responses from USI’s members. This time, USI decided to level the playing field and give its members a chance to speak as loudly as its adversaries. We generated nearly 2,400 real comments from inventors, patent holders and concerned individuals.
US Inventor is the voice of thousands of inventors, small business owners and startups. Inventors only want to create, improve and pursue their dreams. They are generally not experts in law or rules and regulations. But by experience, they know the patent system is broken, and they trust USI’s knowledge and ability to fix it.
USI implemented an AI letter-generator that empowered inventors to have a voice. This AI-powered tool required a One-Time-Passcode (OTP), which is an authentication tool that can only be generated by entering a personal phone number. The phone number then receives a six-digit code which is entered and authenticated in the Letter Generator Link.
This process instantly confirms that the individual attempting to generate a letter is a real, living, breathing person.
But the tool goes one step further. To prevent “spam,” the individual is limited to generating three letters. They also can review the letter for accuracy, edits, additional comments, etc., and they are required to copy and paste the text into the RFC submission page.
The ANPRM RFC allowed inventors to voice their concerns and comments. They have experience as innovators and patent holders, so the credibility of their opinions matters. Their voices cannot be belittled by Big Tech under the guise of a fictional cartoon character.
There Really are That Many Inventors
Over the course of one month, US Inventor consistently sent all of its members an email request for comments. With US Inventor’s size, it is bound to generate many results. While it is easy to ignore the truth and label these individuals as “fake,” ‘” dead,” or “patent trolls,”… there really are that many inventors and individuals who are livid with the broken patent system. Negating these voices only makes the number grow larger.
The Letter-Generator tool alone created 2,374 comments. This number does not include the comments individually written by other members. In total, USI Members submitted roughly 2,400 comments.
The Truth
The loudest voice in the room is not always the right voice in the room. Small businesses and inventors have been under attack by Big Tech and large corporations ever since these corporations realized that the little guys are the biggest threat to their monopolies. The most efficient anti-monopoly is a robust patent system that protects small businesses and inventors’ discoveries.
The 84% of patents canceled after review by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) are not “mistakenly granted patents.” Mistakenly granted patents are not worth stealing from the small inventor; mistakenly granted patents are not commercial successes; mistakenly granted patents are not worth the cost of litigation and attorney fees. There are hundreds of inventor stories where a large corporation stole their invention and, instead of paying licensing fees, used the PTAB to invalidate the patent. These stolen patents are market successes that large corporations decide to profit from. When they are caught, they decide to wipe out the competition entirely by capitalizing on the broken patent system.
Fact: The PTAB invalidates 84% of patents reviewed
Fact: The invalidated patents cannot all be bad patents
Fact: 2,374 real individuals and members of US Inventor are fed up with the broken patent system and generated comments for the ANPRM.
Fact: US Inventor and its members are growing louder than ever before.
If I were Big Tech, I would be scared too.
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