[AndyTheBear]

Then perhaps the Constitution should be amended to reward implementers who use other people's inventions, instead of securing to inventors the right to their inventions.

So as the Constitution stands you believe the makers of the "Jetson's" have invented the flying car?

I can't wait to patent the cure for cancer. Why should I have to actually implement it first?

[Atlas Sneezed]

>>So as the Constitution stands you believe the makers of the "Jetson's" have invented the flying car?

Don't be silly. The concept of a flying car is not patentable. But there may be an invention that enables cars to fly, which may be patentable.

>>I can't wait to patent the cure for cancer. Why should I have to actually implement it first?

If you invent it to a level where your patent application provides compete instructions on how your invention can be implemented to cure cancer, then you will deserve your patent, and deserve your billions, and deserve the thanks of a grateful world. What's the problem with that?