So, who are you trolling for ?
In the past any inventor who could produce documentation proving they invented something could gain priority over one filed by some who learned of the invention and had their legal team rush out a patent. Under "first to file" open science is basically dead, as any group collaborating openly online is at perpetual risk of having their work patented by anyone who learns of it and files before they can.
This has massively stifled online collaboration, as important inventions made in private now result in the inventor taking out a loan and going dark for 5-7 years while they wait for the USPTO to get around to their application.
It has also emboldened corporations to accelerate preexisting efforts to file as many patents as possible on anything promising.
The commons, like most public resources, are being privatized, and patents are a major drag on nearly every aspect of innovation.