Yep. The patenting process - talk about stretching the truth - a lot of the stuff is put in there just so other potential companies would be blocked from doing

Yep. The patenting process - talk about stretching the truth - a lot of the stuff is put in there just so other potential companies would be blocked from doing work in this direction. Not based on solid science and results but just ideas and speculations of the management. I have seen many cases (in biotech startups) where good knowledgeable scientists would try to do what is right and would end up getting fired or forced out of companies. The worst is when management completely takes over and disregards science for business purposes - seems like what happened with Theranos.