To license the idea to other people who want to do something with it?
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cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 11 hours agoAnd generally speaking, the point of a patent is…?
smeg@feddit.uk 10 hours ago
Goodeye8@piefed.social 8 hours ago
Stifle innovation? A patent doesn’t mean anything will be made. But it does mean anyone except the patent owner won’t be making the patented thing.