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Comment by AlienRobot

6 months ago

Why not make it so there is a limit to how many patents you can hold? So if you have 10 patents, to register an 11th patent you need to release one of the patents you already have.

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snickerdoodle12  6 months ago

Who is "you"? The company? The subcompany? The CEO? Each individual employee? Patsy #1281?

Xelbair  6 months ago

Pointless as you could easily diversify by having your family members be official patent holders

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