They ought to say "prolific inventors" rather than "star scientists." Science is only tangentially related to invention. Also, a lot of star inventors delibera

They ought to say "prolific inventors" rather than "star scientists." Science is only tangentially related to invention. Also, a lot of star inventors deliberately choose not to patent their work. Focusing on patents ignores people like Tim Berners-Lee whose work would have pretty much been worthless if he had patented it.