Court rejects new USPTO rules meant to kill patent backlog

From Ars Technica: Court rejects new USPTO rules meant to kill patent backlog.

"New rules issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office last year that were intended to reduce the patent filing backlog were rejected yesterday by a federal judge who ruled that the USPTO had exceeded its authority. The rules, which imposed limitations on continuation filings and restricted the number of claims that could be included in individual patents, will not be implemented as many had hoped.

This is not good news; patent reform is need urgently.  Special interests are apparently going to tie up reforms as long as they can.  Stay tuned...