Able Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.

— Germaine Greer

An invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Great minds don't think alike. If they did, the Patent Office would only have about fifty inventions.

— Scott Adams

Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],…

— Abraham Lincoln

But man invents nothing God did not create first.

— Mitch Albom

Before genetic engineering starts threatening us, god must patent his stuff!

— MJ Korvan

Today the patent office is obsolete. You just take whatever you do, tool up, and start production for six months. At the end of…

— Paul Laffoley

The issue for patents for new discovers has given a spring to invention beyond my conception.

— Thomas Jefferson

I think you would find almost anyone who stands up for their patent rights has been called a patent troll.

— Nathan Myhrvold

“Ideas in your mind have no patent value. They must be expressed or reduced to practice before it is too late”

— Kalyan C. Kankanala

“Patent Law cannot afford to sit and watch while technology advancement changes its dynamics”

— Kalyan C. Kankanala

For one thing, there are many "inventions" that are not patentable. The "inventor" of the supermarket, for example, conferred great benefits on his fellowmen…

— Milton Friedman