Look what that mean old PTO did to this poor independent inventor!

Here’s the representative claim:

38. A method for the treatment of a viral infection comprising:

a) forming a mixture of coffee grounds and honey; and

b) treating a virus that causes the viral infection with said coffee grounds-honey mixture.

In a nutshell: As Gee acknowledges, coffee grounds and honey have each proven to be individually successful in treating viral infections.

Okay. So small inventor Gee has some awesome data showing amazing, unexpected synergy, of course. Right?

The specification of the ’404 application states that “[i]t is suspected that the combination of a bee product and caffeine produces . . . a synergistic effect.” J.A. 32. But unsupported statements in the specification will not support a finding of unexpected results.

Aw, man, that’s soooooo unfair. Like right there is probably a $1 million dollars vacuumed out of the economy because of silly evidentiary requirements that small inventors can’t possibly be expected to provide. How can they create all the jobs that ever existed with onerous rules like this???