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this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2023
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As someone who's observed the process for these patents, typically the company just patents anything it thinks it can, regardless of whether or not the idea is practical or if they have any interest in bringing it to market. It doesn't even need to relate to their core business. Just cause they filed a patent, does not mean they spent any time determining if it was a good idea. Someday one of these crazy patents might prove valuable so they want as many as they can.
Yeah, and some countries (like the US) are all about first-to-file, which means that even if someone thought of something first (with documentation to prove it), if a second party files for a patent first, they'll get it. So it's better to file and not use it than to hold onto it.