It's there, on the lines, not in between them.  The flaws that he's pointing out are, in fact, inefficiencies for which I am thankful, for the exact reasons dpcan mentioned.<p>"Believe it or not, in our patent office -- now, this is embarrassing -- this is an institution responsible for protecting and promoting innovation -- our patent office <i>receives more than 80 percent of patent applications electronically, then manually prints them out, scans them, and enters them into an outdated case management system,</i>" Obama said a today's Forum on Modernizing Government.