Good to know. I was reading some of the things he claimed lately and some comments says that he intends to actually patent the blockchain and for some reason if successful, he and the people behind him can control the use of blockchain.
Bitcoin was developed as open source since the start, it is fine to try to patent things never used before, but if you try patent anything Bitcoin already using you wont get the patent. As least this is how I understand the patent law. Thats why I dont think anybody should worry some patent might bring down legitimacy of Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in general.