Patent Quotes

“Patents need inventors more than inventors need patents”

“We love patents, but not unconditionally;We believe in patents, but not mindlessly;We value patents, but not at the cost of our core values; andWe are serious about patents, but saving life always comes first”

“The Supreme Court is composed of two groups known as the Infallible Five and the Furious Four. The first group writes those majority decisions on patent law that have brought patent lawyers to their present condition. The second groups writes the dissenting opinions, trying to hold to the law as it was laid down by the first groups the week before. The composition of each group shifts from decision to decision, so that no one justice is right all the time. They sort of pass the infallibility around to keep peace in the family." -- The Improbable Profession”

“Inventions cannot be judged on patent parameters, but patents have the ability to take inventions very far”

“The patent system was established, I believe, to protect the lone inventor. In this it has not succeeded. … The patent system protects the institutions which favor invention.”

“A Patent is a Grant, but Inventorship is a Right”

“Grant is the beginning of the Patent Game, not its end.”

“Patents are not forever, but inventions are”

“Working a Patent is not as easy as it sounds”

“Patents stand for you when everything else is lost”