wutusmuck

Thank you for your comment.

It is regrettable that funding systematically favors for-profit research. I tried looking for the sources of funding Valter D. Longo used for his papers because I doubt he didnt use any government grants, especially after you iterated the challenges calorie restriction research faces. Unfortunately my superficial search didnt find it and I cant spend more time at the moment.

> This post shows that you, too, are a member of "the public" which is ignorant "to what is going on at the uspo." It's the USPTO, by the way.

Thanks for ignoring the qualifier I used, how convenient for your own accusation.

> You can even find his phone number and email address.

Glad to hear this, but after a quick glance at the document I still cant find it. I'll try again.

> They are incentivized to reject applications multiple times

How? A source would be nice but the explanation will suffice.

> This shot in the dark is totally baseless, and incorrect

Could be incorrect, therefor the qualifier, again...

>OH WAIT. IT ALREADY IS

Where? Thanks for correctly informing another citizen. Your civility was much appreciated.

Also, I would like to reiterate my call for responsibility. Although you said the examiners and applicants all known, I still dont think they are held accountable enough for the bad patents that get issued.

Valter D. Longo and Chia-Wei Cheng are the "inventors". This is a blatant attempt at taking advantage of the indifference of the uspo and the ignorance of the public to what is going on at the uspo. This is despicable and I think we as somewhat more informed participants in this little thing called civilization need to do more to have our voices heard and vilify those who keep taking advantage of society. This includes those that at the uspo that are actually reading these patents and issuing them. Can anyone find out who they are?

On another note, I wonder if there is any form of moral hazard in the uspo office, possibly in the form of workers being incentivized to issue patents, or workers from certain companies going to work for patent offices that are sought out by those companies for their patents. Maybe offices or workers are granting patents for the sake of being able to show a high number of patents issued at the end of the year. Maybe this makes them look good when it comes time for performance review. idk. I do know that something needs to change, a change that hopefully adds transparency and holds people responsible. Should we write our congress representatives? (lol)

edit: wording, punctuation, hoopla