Recently I had the opportunity to talk with a technology industry veteran and patent expert. During our conversation he mentioned some interesting things I didn't know about patents:
1 - Patents are a government incentive for people to share their inventions with society. In exchange, it gives the inventor 20 years to commercially explore the idea.
2 - Patents should be as detailed as possible and hold nothing back - otherwise they can be invalidated.
3 - Publishing an idea on a paper is like giving it away to society. It invalidates a patent. First patent, then publish.
4 - To write a good patent you have to bring together: the inventor, a patent lawyer and an industry expert.
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