Probably do, at that. However, patents have been known to stifle innovation at critical junctures in history. Patent pools seem to have been one way to patch th

Probably do, at that. However, patents have been known to stifle innovation at critical junctures in history. Patent pools seem to have been one way to patch that over wrt "common good" kinds of patents.(though at the time it was too little too late) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers_patent_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers_patent_war