RE: Today's RNS27 May 2026 11:46
Are you taking mind altering drugs or has the heat got to you? Your claim of 'A granted patent signals to partners that the IP is legally protected, technically validated, and commercially viable' is nonsense:
The fundamental flaw in the statement is that it conflates a legal right with engineering proof and market demand. In reality, a granted patent only guarantees the first of those three claims.
Here is exactly where the statement breaks down:
### 1. "Legally protected" (True, but with a caveat)
A patent does grant a temporary legal monopoly—specifically, the right to **exclude others** from making, using, or selling the invention.
However, it is a negative right. It does not automatically grant the inventor the right to manufacture the product if doing so infringes on someone else's underlying patent. Furthermore, the protection is only as strong as the owner's willingness and financial ability to defend it in court, and granted patents can still be challenged and invalidated post-grant.
### 2. "Technically validated" (False)
Patent examiners are highly trained, but they evaluate applications based on legal criteria: **novelty, non-obviousness, and adequate description**.
They do not build prototypes, run lab tests, or peer-review the engineering. The patent office only cares that the invention is theoretically sound on paper and hasn't been done before. You can successfully patent a machine that is wildly inefficient, prone to breaking, or practically impossible to manufacture at scale, as long as it meets the legal definitions of a new invention.
### 3. "Commercially viable" (Completely False)
A patent office makes zero assessment of an invention's business potential.
A patent says absolutely nothing about:
* Whether there is any consumer demand for the product.
* Whether it can be manufactured cost-effectively.
* Whether it is better than existing, cheaper alternatives.
The vast majority of granted patents never generate a single penny in revenue. Having a patent means you own the intellectual property; it does not mean the property is actually worth anything to the market.
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