And even more to enforce it if granted. You can have all the patents in the world but with without being able to file against infringing parties they’re just documents.
If what is behind the patent is granted free to use, what’s to enforce? How would I infringe on “free to use for everybody “? I believe OP’s idea is to file the patents defensively to block others from filing stupid patents as in TFA.
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It costs a non-trivial amount of money to file a patent in the USA
And even more to enforce it if granted. You can have all the patents in the world but with without being able to file against infringing parties they’re just documents.
If what is behind the patent is granted free to use, what’s to enforce? How would I infringe on “free to use for everybody “? I believe OP’s idea is to file the patents defensively to block others from filing stupid patents as in TFA.