> "Anything that benefits all of humanity is very difficult to recover the value of as a patent because engaging in licensing transactions" "Anything that bene

> "Anything that benefits all of humanity is very difficult to recover the value of as a patent because engaging in licensing transactions" "Anything that benefits all of humanity" should be recognized as inherently valuable to fund and therefore would be useful to look at reducing the costs of "engaging in licensing transactions". In other words, society may benefit by making it easier (or less costly) for the researcher or innovator to be rewarded - thereby increasing the incentive to create something to benefit humanity.