New technology without patent?

> unless you get it granted, you won't invest into the technology - because if it's not
> patentable, "anybody can copy it"

Given that patents take somewhere between 2 to 6 years to process, it seems a bit unlikely that
the inventor would sit on the invention without investment for that whole time, just in case the
patent doesn't get granted.

But, maybe they do -- I don't know. That'd be even more of a harm. :)