The original motivation for patents was for people to publish their methods so they didn't get monopolised indefinitely or lost. Any bias towards larger or smal

The original motivation for patents was for people to publish their methods so they didn't get monopolised indefinitely or lost. Any bias towards larger or smaller inventors was incidental (and I would say patents work far more against smaller players than for them: if you're a new entry to the market with a new patented innovation, what's your option to actually make anything with that patent considering all the incumbents have plenty that you probably need to compete at all?)