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by kube-system 880 days ago
A patent could be invalidated if it's something that can't be made, so you can't patent futuristic ideas. Or at least, if you try, and someone calls you on it, it's invalid.

But you can patent inventions that do exist but are crap. Many inventions are crap, and that's okay. If you have a bad invention, you still have an invention.