That does the jury a disservice: its members seem to have stuck to the job of working out whether patent infringements had occurred.

ECONOMIST: Apple v Samsung

Intellectual property wonks are constantly griping about the quality of patent reviews performed by examiners working for the U.S. government.

FORBES: USPTO In New Push To Improve Quality Of Patent Exams

This would help to measure the quality of the patent system itself, and offer some way of evaluating whether it is working to promote innovation, or to impede it.

ECONOMIST: Intellectual property