I wonder if the highlighter was highlight of the career for the person who invented it?

Creation pulls something from an abyss of nothing. Startups take the something & give it to those in the dark, at first, perhaps, for nothing.

Creation pulls something from an abyss of nothing. Startups take the something and give it to those in the dark, at first, perhaps, for nothing.

The inventive step requirement makes a lawyer out of an inventor

The patent system was established, I believe, to protect the lone inventor. In this it has not succeeded. … The patent system protects the institutions which favor invention.

You cannot make one invent at gun point. Forget the movies, and think about pampering inventors, not threatening them