Patents... anybody ever done it?

[Ketou]

10 points to Mull;) for resurrection

[kurohinge1]

A famous case of this is Shuji Nakamura he invented the blue laser which some large company made a fortune. He sued and one.

[SIZE="3"]Japanese inventor wins major technology prize[/SIZE]
Inventions include next generation DVDs, solid-state lighting

HELSINKI - Japanese inventor Shuji Nakamura was on Thursday named winner of the one million euro ($1.26 million) Millennium Technology Prize, the world's biggest technology award.

Nakamura was chosen for his inventions on revolutionary new light sources, inexpensive energy and water purification, the Helsinki-based Millennium Prize Foundation said.

His inventions include a high brightness blue laser which have opened the way to a new generation of high capacity DVD players and recorders.