I don't think the US Patent Office cares. They have issued plenty of patents for devices that only ever exist on paper.

Interestingly, it broke down along not party but age lines. Justices born after 1937 supported the majority decision, those born before joined the dissent. The second oldest of the majority is Clarence Thomas, born 1948.

Hacktivism: Civil Disobedience Or Cyber Crime?
Yes.