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Presumably because it keeps the profits in the country that funded it?
by peteretep 7y ago
Presumably because it keeps the profits in the country that funded it?
- TallGuyShort 7y agoNo it doesn't - the patent can be read by anyone, and if someone in China wants to duplicate your invention they can. This just stops other people who paid the taxes that funded the work from getting it without paying more for a long time.