Yes, this is precisely what the US founding fathers were imagining when they added the copyright/patent clause. By "artists and inventors", they obviously were

Yes, this is precisely what the US founding fathers were imagining when they added the copyright/patent clause. By "artists and inventors", they obviously were referring to corporations whose sole purpose is to buy patents and then sue over them. Clearly they wanted patents to be bought and sold as if they were physical goods. That's why they started the clause with "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts".