It’s funny how people tout how many patents they have when in reality you can patent just about any ridiculous idea. The patent office isn’t going to verify wether or not the patent is functional, they simply give you legal protection around the bounds of your claims.
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For example: I could file and be issued a patent for process that doesn’t work, like cold fusion around the bounds of the claims I’ve submitted. Now I’m protected within the bounds of my claims, but the patent is worthless because the technology doesn’t do anything of value.
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Replying to @_ty13r
If patents are a bad metric for inventiveness, what's better? I think what you wrote is technically true, but in practice, usually false. People don't spend the hundreds of hours and many thousands of dollars to patent useless crap.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
I would disagree with that. Holding a patent with a large enough claim can yield dividends without actually creating or proving anything. Eventually, ideas outside of industries you never even thought of now violate your patent and you have grounds for legal action.
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On every patent, there is a listed inventor. Buying someone else's patent does not change the listed inventor. US Patents have their problems, but AFAICT there is no better metric for inventiveness in a person than that. Perhaps novel businesses started is second best.
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