I can only imagine the kind of show it would be if Dennis Ritchie happened to patent the curly brace's use? I wonder if someone could bypass BS patents by simpl

I can only imagine the kind of show it would be if Dennis Ritchie happened to patent the curly brace's use? I wonder if someone could bypass BS patents by simply writing an alias language. That is, instead of using English terms (IF, ELSE) they would use (SI, MAS).