r/BeAmazed Mar 05 '25

History Are we truly living in the future?

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

..... if you use the word gatekept while asking for vaulted patents it's the same in this instance. Even if publicly available the patent cannot be made or used by anyone who doesn't own the patent, so go look through them and see what you don't see in your everyday life, and those would be considered Vaulted.

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u/Adorable-Ad-3223 Mar 05 '25

I was looking for some examples. I'm not trying to be pedantic. If you don't have some, that is fine, I was genuinely curious.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

Highly efficient solar panels with unique designs, Advanced energy storage systems, Next-generation water purification, a slew of medical patents as well among other things. But again you could easily search for patents not in use and see lists of thousands that aren't commercialized for whatever reason.

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u/Potential-Camel-8270 Mar 06 '25

Wait did you say easily search through... patents? You know that there is an entire bar exam dedicated just to patent law? And how do you propose to search through the literal millions of patents that aren't commercialized? The level of misunderstanding is mind boggling.

I'm not saying that patent trolling and suppression isn't real, but it's not as easy as you think to go through even one actual patent yourself and fully understand it, let alone thousands. Sure i guess you can search around the internet and see what other people say but it's easy to make fantastic claims so I'd recommend inspecting the patents yourself as well.

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u/IP_What Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

It is in fact true that the majority—perhaps the vast majority—of patents are never commercialized.

But it’s conspiracy thinking to imagine that malign forces are holding back useful inventions for… reasons. Most startups fail. When they fail their patents mostly drop into obscurity. Because no one could successfully build a business around that IP.

Patents publish and patents expire. When the business doesnt work out some other innovator can make use of the expired IP or buy the remaining patents and iterate on it.