Uhhhh so Amazon managed to get a patent on a pretty fucking generic drone delivery system: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220150120094%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20150120094&RS=DN/20150120094 …
@grok_ (One possible exception: it seems less screwed up for new drugs, b/c of the cost of FDA approval. Admittedly, just an impression.)