Why is there no "execution" rule for patents?
arockwell: This allows a lone inventor to patent a device and then license plans to a large company to manufacture and sell the product.I agree that this might help curtail patent trolls, but I am not sure this will help that much since the way patents are granted seems fundamentally broken. I think requiring someone to actually produce the invention is treating the symptom of patent trolls and not the cause. If the USPTO stopped granting patents when there is prior art or stopped granting patents that are "obvious" would help more.