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I'll save the space on quoting the above (daS), but I completely concur. The patent system (and I'm no lawyer, I just play one on PPCT) couldn't possibly have intended for ideas to just be horded by being the first to put it on paper. Rather, I'd like to believe the logical agenda of the PTO was to create a safer system that encourage the development (and I think that's a key term) of new-world efficiency for the good of the nation. Not developing (beyond concept) is about as valuable for the economy/nation's good as not having thought of the idea at all.
It would seem fair to allow a patent holder to have an appropriate amount of time to get the product developed and marketed, but to just allow a patent to sit on the books in some legal team's conference room drooling over the chance to take the easy way to profit hardly seems like a good idea.
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