Ah - the answer emerges. Check this out:
The Patent Office is…drumroll, please!..SELF-FUNDED. Yep. They get their money from the fees they collect directly for the stuff they do!
I almost want to cry, or…something. It’s like finding out the Tooth Fairy is real. Or spotting a sparkly rainbow unicorn in your backyard. Can you imagine? A government agency that actually pays its own way? In THIS country?! It’s…
HOPE! Tiny, infinitesimal, electron-microscope-requiring hope. But still.
