We definitely need to change patent law, but requiring something to take time to be patentable does not seem like a good strategy. 1) Most break through inven

We definitely need to change patent law, but requiring something to take time to be patentable does not seem like a good strategy. 1) Most break through inventions can be broken down in to smaller, patentable parts. Every patentable part at some point was "created" in an instant, rather than days. 2) You could use the logic to argue that software patents make perfectly good sense by saying that you had to spend years experimenting with software, learning what code works and what code doesn't work and understanding the market for various devices before coming up with your groundbreaking software patent on XYZ.