PATENTS - CONVERSATION WITH MUELLER and CHISUM at IP Watchdog

From Gene Quinn's interview: 

CHISUM: I’m very skeptical when Congress starts talking about reform.  I don’t think there is enough sophistication in Congress and among committee staff members about how the patent system really operates and about the challenges the many thousands of people operating the system face.  Most of the legislative efforts I’ve seen over the last 30 years to reform the patent system, in fact, reformed very little.  The “reforms” have tended to respond to particular interest groups, to particular complainants.  Congress has tended to respond only to a consensus that something was wrong rather than thinking outside the box as to what will really improve the efficiency and predictability of the patent system.