One of the comments on slashdot talks about having a review time after a patent is requested. This seems to be good idea, patent office does not really care to check for prior art, so if the request patent is published publicly then anyone who thinks there could be a prior art or it is too obvious can they comment accordingly for the patent.
There is no way the patent office can have an expert for *everything* - when new things are invented, then very often for a few years there is only a dozen of people on the planet who understand the subject and the relations to other fields.
I think what should be done is that patents have a "review time" in which the public can comment on them before being finally granted. Then these things would be very easy.
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