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The original idea of a patent was to be a reward to creative individuals...kind of like a Medal of Honor.

The inventor was given "breathing room" to move from idea to production before existing producers could simply take the idea and build first. In exchange, the inventor gave up his secrecy and shared the idea with the world.

What it has turned into is an exchange for buying and selling rents, enforced by the power of centralized government.