Generally such discoveries require a lot of trial and error, aka R&D. It’s certainly possible to accidentally stumble upon the croissant idea, but it’s also po

Generally such discoveries require a lot of trial and error, aka R&D. It’s certainly possible to accidentally stumble upon the croissant idea, but it’s also possible that you tried countless iterations and spent boatloads of money to test buns. If you don’t protect that it simply disincentivizes intentional R&D.