One can get a worthless patent way faster by handicapping the claims, over-limitting the scope, making it worthless in court or for licensing etc, and use it sell stock, but fighting for solid wide wide ranging coverage wording can take ages. 4-5 years is not uncommon.
What matters is making money with it. Revenues and profits.
Med Recycle could be turning out daily bank deposits in several months it seems.
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