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		mk89 on Oct 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Giant, free index to world's research papers relea... Well it depends a lot on the patent, I guess. Some patents are definitely not worth a startup, so probably it's not a bad idea to get some bonus and be done with it. However it's cool for big companies to show they have thousands of patents.

pugworthy on Oct 27, 2021 [–]

It's cool for individual contributors to say they have 30-40 patents too. We all get our thrills different ways.

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