Inventor Has Waited 43 Years For Patent Approval

An anonymous reader writes "If you think the average wait of 28.3 months for a patent to be approved is ridiculous, don't complain to Gilbert P. Hyatt. The 76-year-old inventor has been waiting over forty years for a ruling on whether his electronic signal to control machinery should be granted a patent. 'It's totally unconscionable,' said Brad Wright, a patent lawyer with Banner & Witcoff in Washington who specializes in computer-related applications and isn't involved in Hyatt's case. 'The patent office doesn't want to be embarrassed that they might issue a broad patent that would have a sweeping impact on the technology sector. Rather than be embarrassed, they're just bottling it up.'"

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Re:I'm sure the government has learned from this.

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't give a fuck about the problems with Obama-care, but I do care about the problems with ./ beta

And that joke is Harry Reid

[smittyoneeach]

Harry Reid called all the people with complaints about ObamaCare liars.
In Dilbert-land, Wally was all: "Genius!"