>The fact that you can just sell patents always seemed a little bit off to me. It is a long way from a patentable idea to a marketable product. So what happen

>The fact that you can just sell patents always seemed a little bit off to me. It is a long way from a patentable idea to a marketable product. So what happens when the patent originator lacks the competencies or capital to produce at scale? If selling a patent was banned, both the innovator and society would be denied any benefit from the innovation.