It's interesting that the startup raised a fairly large amount of money before the key technology is successfully patented. Is that a common practice? One would

It's interesting that the startup raised a fairly large amount of money before the key technology is successfully patented. Is that a common practice? One would think that without other moats, successful patents would be the key value proposition of the startup. What if the patenting fails (as another commenter suggests)? >> “We believe the technology we’re in the process of patenting could have multiple applications. We believe a web browser’s a great application,” says Hulet.