This is not true. Dependent claims are often viewed as "backup" claims in case the independent claims are rejected in prosecution by the patent examiner or foun

This is not true. Dependent claims are often viewed as "backup" claims in case the independent claims are rejected in prosecution by the patent examiner or found invalid by a court. It's not hard to find online sources to back this up, for example: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2008/05/theory-of-depen.html https://patentlyo.com/patent/2008/05/theory-of-depen.html https://www.natlawreview.com/article/patent-owner-tip-12-surviving-instituted-ipr-address-individual-claims-dependent https://www.natlawreview.com/article/patent-owner-tip-12-sur...