I think the best way to neutralize bogus patent claims would be to sue the patent office, and the involved examiners themselves, once a patent is found to be invalid (it shouldn’t have been granted in the first place).<p>Why? Because it shouldn’t be someone else’s burden (time, cost) to have to clean up the mess they created (not to mention the waste in public money with court proceedings).<p>But, as usual, government employees/agencies have “sovereign immunity”, which means they can get away with doing a bad job any other type of private employee would get fired for, without repercussions.