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What about a non-profit open patent portfolio organization? You submit an idea, they examine, bear all costs, defend the patent in court. In return the entire portfolio is licensed to you free of charge, and you get free legal assistance and the weight of the portfolio to negotiate deals when your software is threatend by other patents. They get all revenues from licensing your patent to third parties.