Obtaining a patent is mostly presenting your work and a search to determine there is no pre existing patent for it.
It is not a warranty or guarentee the device is suitable for any purpose.
You do have to make a statement of purpose.
Coorporations generally do not consider anything for possible marketing until it has been patented.
The patent their only guarentee that it is yours to sell.
How many products have you bought that were just plain inadequate to the purpose?
Whatever works, use it.
A good idea stands on its own value independent of authorship.
If it stands or falls on the credibility of the author, maybe it isn't such a good idea.
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