You are confusing the “why” and the “how”. "To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the excl

You are confusing the “why” and the “how”. "To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." If the end result of a patent does not promote the progress of science and the useful arts, it undermines the core purpose of patents.