[Patentcenter] Off Topic - Kind of

[Richard Straussman]

I disagree partially - I think the PTO people THINK they are trying to 
make things better, but without a clue as to what "better" would look 
like to those who care.

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On 10/17/2024 9:18 AM, Catherine Van Houten wrote:
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> Except that verschlimmbessern refers to an attempt to make something 
> better that ends up making it worse.
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> I have ZERO faith that the USPTO is genuinely trying to make anything 
> better. They are merely making changes so they can cross things off 
> their list…without any real consideration on the functionality or 
> impact of those changes.
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> Today I learned a new German word that seems so applicable to 
> PatentCenter I had to share it:  verschlimmbessern.
>
> I am advised that it means to take something bad and try to make it 
> better, but in the process, you make it worse than before.  We NEED a 
> word like that in English - particularly for many recent PTO 
> "improvements"!!
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