It is obvious that for some reason the officers in the patent office are not able to find out that the "technology" to be patented is really an ages old technique or device defined in a horribly bloated language to either hide what it really is or include anything and everything that may have any small piece in common with that art or device.

And i guess it's always seen or shown as the patent office is responsible for the problem, not the individual officers who really are the ones that mess up.

Isn't it possible to hold the individual officers or at least the patent office responsible for the damages caused from granting patents to these kind of bogus claims?