[citation][nom]LORD_ORION[/nom]Sure... it only cost Canadian tax payers about a trillion dollars in various subsidies over the years to develop these things... let's sell them for a fraction of that worth.[/citation]
actually, pattens can be simple ideas. like a screw and a screwdriver simple ideas. lets assume that 100 people can make 1 patent every month each. thats 1200 a year.
you can patent the SHAPE of an object if it has some functionality improvements. 100 people with lets assume a 100k a year salery, comes to 10 mill a year.
these patents may be SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than they are selling them for. however the revinue that would come from suing, is a long and counter productive process.