I would definitely love to have it shorter, because the patent lawyers cost me a fortune. I think we are struggling with the length of time it takes. It does eat up a lot of resources and time. It is cumbersome.
However, that stated, it is becoming very difficult, because the novelty is becoming less and less in the technology itself. We do have to be careful; sometimes people take five or six years, but they are really pursuing something that's very marginal, which is not necessarily the best thing for patents going forward. It would be useful to have that done more quickly, so that people could say, “I have these patents supporting my business and the backbone is protected.”