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"Eighty percent of what is deficient in the American patent system today occurs in the Patent Office, not the courthouse," said Paul Michel, the former chief justice of the federal appeals court that presides over patent cases. "And the bill being passed by the Senate today will make it worse. The inevitable result will be that patent grants will get slower still, backlogs will get even worse, and quality will suffer as well. Congress has gotten patent reform exactly backwards."