> and big corporations file tons of patents just to have them. and more often than not the patents are extracted from either something that's already working i

> and big corporations file tons of patents just to have them. and more often than not the patents are extracted from either something that's already working in production or from a proof-of-concept. I realize most corporations are printing money but patent applications are definitely not cheap. Nobody puts money behind an application without having something palpable.