In a recent conversation, Hal 9000 nailed it for me with, "Patenting Inventions they are actually Inventing patents".

It is the US patent office who should be sued for holding itself & the Us legal system up to international ridicule ,for issuing the trivial & bleeding obvious, and anger as this can also be viewed as blatent trade protectionism, to be added to ITAR & the reguations imposed globally,outside of US juristricion upon dollar denominated transactions that dictate Wall streets cut.

Policy reform of US Patenting is an urgent necessity not only to ensure free trade, but also to restore its original purpose to stimulate innovation & the economy, and not be used to forward alternative goals, that are seen todo the opposite by wasting resourcses & stifle innovation, as could be easily interpreted from what looks like a highly partisan result of the recent Apple vs Samsung trial.