Correct. patents are not property and they never have been. They are merely monopolies setup by the government for a presumed public good. They bear no resemblance to property rights, which exist to allocate rivalrous goods with a minimum of violence. Patents exist to artificially inflate the price of a good.
“Property rights vest and title quiets. Without that fundamental attribute, patents are nothing more than a government franchise."
Yes. Exactly. Ask yourself why, if patents are property, do patents expire after a certain period? Property rights do not.
"It is hard to believe innovators will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and up to a decade fighting the Office to obtain a government franchise that can be stripped at will.”
Name for me any property right that cannot be stripped at will by the government we live under. All it takes is a vote, or a verdict.
“Name for me any property right that cannot be stripped at will by the government we live under. All it takes is a vote, or a verdict. “
Do you know why we have Article III courts?
“Correct. patents are not property and they never have been.”
Well no one can ever accuse you of knowing the first thing about the long history of patents as property rights:
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/09/07/patents-property-rights-history-lesson/id=87644/