Funny, I recall seeing a post on HN that such a patent did in fact exist. From the NPR [1]: > It turns out, a couple giant companies — IBM and Halliburton — ha

Funny, I recall seeing a post on HN that such a patent did in fact exist. From the NPR [1]: > It turns out, a couple giant companies — IBM and Halliburton — have been working for years to patent what patent trolls do. [1] https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/08/01/157743897/can-you-get-a-patent-on-being-a-patent-troll https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/08/01/157743897/can-...