Wouldn't be better to make patents non-transferable and therefore only those who actually created them could enforce the patents?

Acceptance to H.264 as a standard, even a defacto one, IS acceptance of the patented for profit technology into what is currently a patent free community shared environment. This will change the face of the internet as we know it

I would think that this cat door (http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/intelligent-cat-door-utilizes-twitter-rfid-masterfully/) would be considered prior work, depending upon when the patent application was submitted. Seems the patent site is currently being slashdotted.