>you intend to commercialize it The problem then is that cell phone makers would have a monopoly, since no small company could come up with a better antennae,

>you intend to commercialize it The problem then is that cell phone makers would have a monopoly, since no small company could come up with a better antennae, or better screen etc without also having all the other parts of a cell phone. The original idea of the patent was to grant the inventor a limited monopoly in return for the invention being published and adding to the set of human knowledge - rather than a maker keeping it a secret part of their product.