> it's a very effective mechanism for ensuring they don't get commercialized. False. Patents can be licensed and anyone with money can use it. Also, the paten

> it's a very effective mechanism for ensuring they don't get commercialized. False. Patents can be licensed and anyone with money can use it. Also, the patents are more like legal ammo which is used only when needed. So it's actually a mechanism for ensuring that: - nobody who bothers the large company commercializes it. - nobody but the wealthy members of a 'cartel' commercialize it.