Well if it is patented and the terms are very lenient, because it's owned by the government, then that's the best of both worlds since it prevents some other co

Well if it is patented and the terms are very lenient, because it's owned by the government, then that's the best of both worlds since it prevents some other company from patenting it and charging heaps and then it gets put into the public domain in 20 years (or whatever the term is).